Nov 2, 2024 · 4 min read · Liveness and Readiness probes are used to check the health of an application running inside a pod’s container. Both of them are very similar in functionality and usage. Liveness Probe Our applications are running inside the pod as a container; somet...
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Aug 25, 2024 · 7 min read · It was 2 AM, and my phone was buzzing incessantly. Bleary-eyed, I fumbled for it, already knowing what I'd see. Yep, production was down. Again. As I dragged myself to my laptop, a familiar sense of dread washed over me. Why hadn't our monitoring cau...
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Jul 23, 2024 · 4 min read · Ensuring your applications are running smoothly and can recover from failures is a crucial part of maintaining a reliable system. Kubernetes provides built-in mechanisms to help with this, called health checks and liveness probes. In this guide, we’l...
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Jul 16, 2024 · 5 min read · 🔍 What is a Probe? A probe is a mechanism for inspecting and monitoring something and taking necessary actions as required. 💁 Health Probes in Kubernetes Health probes are used to inspect/monitor the health of pods to ensure: The application remai...
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Jun 20, 2024 · 6 min read · Liveness ProbeThis probe checks if the application is alive and functioning or not. If the liveness probe fails, Kubernetes will restart the container. If the configured liveness probe is successful no action is taken and no logs are recorded but if ...
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Jun 19, 2024 · 4 min read · 🗼Introduction Kubernetes is a powerful container orchestration platform that enables the deployment and management of containerized applications. To ensure the reliability and high availability of these applications, Kubernetes provides two essentia...
Join discussionApr 10, 2024 · 2 min read · In the realm of deploying microservices and a configuration server within Docker containers, some nuances and challenges demand careful consideration. One such challenge is ensuring that the configuration server initializes properly before other appl...
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Mar 21, 2024 · 10 min read · A readiness probe in Kubernetes is a mechanism that determines whether a container within a pod is ready to serve traffic. This is crucial for managing traffic flow to pods, ensuring that only those containers that are fully started and operational r...
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Jan 8, 2024 · 4 min read · Kubernetes Probe: Kubernetes probe acts as a guardian, It continuously monitors the health status or does health checks on pods, containers & hosted applications. Types of Probe: Kubernetes provided three types of probes. a) Liveness Probe b) Readine...
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Oct 30, 2023 · 5 min read · Kubernetes has transformed the way we handle containerized apps. But, if you think just deploying your app within a Kubernetes cluster is enough, think again! 🤔 To ensure that your app runs smoothly and efficiently, Kubernetes offers two super cool ...
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