Pod

A Pod is the smallest unit in Kubernetes.

It represents one running instance of your application.

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• One or more containers
• Shared network (same IP)
• Shared storage (optional)

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A simple web app:

Pod:

nginx container

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Pod = “one running app instance”

Like:

• One Docker container running your service
• But managed by Kubernetes

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Pods are temporary:

• They can be created
• They can be destroyed
• They are NOT stable (IP changes)