Configure and schedule GPUs for use as a resource by nodes in a cluster.

This topic discusses multiple ways to interact with clusters. Accessing for the first time with kubectl When accessing the Kubernetes API for the first time, we suggest using the Kubernetes CLI, kubectl. To access a cluster, you need to know the location of the cluster and have credentials to access it. Typically, this is automatically set-up when you work through a Getting started guide, or someone else set up the cluster and provided you with credentials and a location.

FEATURE STATE: Kubernetes v1.22 [stable](enabled by default) Kubernetes supports multiple appliers collaborating to manage the fields of a single object. Server-Side Apply provides an optional mechanism for your cluster's control plane to track changes to an object's fields. At the level of a specific resource, Server-Side Apply records and tracks information about control over the fields of that object. Server-Side Apply helps users and controllers manage their resources through declarative configuration.

This page shows how to create a Kubernetes Service object that exposes an external IP address. Before you begin Install kubectl. Use a cloud provider like Google Kubernetes Engine or Amazon Web Services to create a Kubernetes cluster. This tutorial creates an external load balancer, which requires a cloud provider. Configure kubectl to communicate with your Kubernetes API server. For instructions, see the documentation for your cloud provider. Objectives Run five instances of a Hello World application.

The CRI is a plugin interface which enables the kubelet to use a wide variety of container runtimes, without having a need to recompile the cluster components. You need a working container runtime on each Node in your cluster, so that the kubelet can launch Pods and their containers. The Container Runtime Interface (CRI) is the main protocol for the communication between the kubelet and Container Runtime. The Kubernetes Container Runtime Interface (CRI) defines the main gRPC protocol for the communication between the node components kubelet and container runtime.

kubeadm certs provides utilities for managing certificates. For more details on how these commands can be used, see Certificate Management with kubeadm. kubeadm certs A collection of operations for operating Kubernetes certificates. overview Synopsis Commands related to handling Kubernetes certificates kubeadm certs [flags] Options -h, --help help for certs Options inherited from parent commands --rootfs string The path to the 'real' host root filesystem. This will cause kubeadm to chroot into the provided path.

The status of a node in Kubernetes is a critical aspect of managing a Kubernetes cluster. In this article, we'll cover the basics of monitoring and maintaining node status to ensure a healthy and stable cluster. Node status fields A Node's status contains the following information: Addresses Conditions Capacity and Allocatable Info You can use kubectl to view a Node's status and other details: kubectl describe node <insert-node-name-here> Each section of the output is described below.

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FEATURE STATE: Kubernetes v1.32 [beta](enabled by default) On Linux nodes, Kubernetes 1.34 supports integrating with systemd to allow the operating system supervisor to recover a failed kubelet. This integration is not enabled by default. It can be used as an alternative to periodically requesting the kubelet's /healthz endpoint for health checks. If the kubelet does not respond to the watchdog within the timeout period, the watchdog will kill the kubelet.

kubeadm upgrade is a user-friendly command that wraps complex upgrading logic behind one command, with support for both planning an upgrade and actually performing it. kubeadm upgrade guidance The steps for performing an upgrade using kubeadm are outlined in this document. For older versions of kubeadm, please refer to older documentation sets of the Kubernetes website. You can use kubeadm upgrade diff to see the changes that would be applied to static pod manifests.