FEATURE STATE: Kubernetes v1.11 [stable] crictl is a command-line interface for CRI-compatible container runtimes. You can use it to inspect and debug container runtimes and applications on a Kubernetes node. crictl and its source are hosted in the cri-tools repository. Before you begin crictl requires a Linux operating system with a CRI runtime. Installing crictl You can download a compressed archive crictl from the cri-tools release page, for several different architectures.

FEATURE STATE: Kubernetes v1.25 [alpha] (enabled by default: false) This page shows how to migrate nodes to use event based updates for container status. The event-based implementation reduces node resource consumption by the kubelet, compared to the legacy approach that relies on polling. You may know this feature as evented Pod lifecycle event generator (PLEG). That's the name used internally within the Kubernetes project for a key implementation detail.

This task shows you how to delete a StatefulSet. Before you begin This task assumes you have an application running on your cluster represented by a StatefulSet. Deleting a StatefulSet You can delete a StatefulSet in the same way you delete other resources in Kubernetes: use the kubectl delete command, and specify the StatefulSet either by file or by name. kubectl delete -f <file.yaml> kubectl delete statefulsets <statefulset-name> You may need to delete the associated headless service separately after the StatefulSet itself is deleted.

Kubernetes core components such as the API server, scheduler, and controller-manager run on a control plane node. However, add-ons must run on a regular cluster node. Some of these add-ons are critical to a fully functional cluster, such as metrics-server, DNS, and UI. A cluster may stop working properly if a critical add-on is evicted (either manually or as a side effect of another operation like upgrade) and becomes pending (for example when the cluster is highly utilized and either there are other pending pods that schedule into the space vacated by the evicted critical add-on pod or the amount of resources available on the node changed for some other reason).

A Secret is an object that contains a small amount of sensitive data such as a password, a token, or a key. Such information might otherwise be put in a Pod specification or in a container image. Using a Secret means that you don't need to include confidential data in your application code. Because Secrets can be created independently of the Pods that use them, there is less risk of the Secret (and its data) being exposed during the workflow of creating, viewing, and editing Pods.

In a Kubernetes cluster, a node can be shutdown in a planned graceful way or unexpectedly because of reasons such as a power outage or something else external. A node shutdown could lead to workload failure if the node is not drained before the shutdown. A node shutdown can be either graceful or non-graceful. Graceful node shutdown FEATURE STATE: Kubernetes v1.21 [beta] (enabled by default: true) The kubelet attempts to detect node system shutdown and terminates pods running on the node.

Use kubeconfig files to organize information about clusters, users, namespaces, and authentication mechanisms. The kubectl command-line tool uses kubeconfig files to find the information it needs to choose a cluster and communicate with the API server of a cluster. Note:A file that is used to configure access to clusters is called a kubeconfig file. This is a generic way of referring to configuration files. It does not mean that there is a file named kubeconfig.

Define a range of valid memory resource limits for a namespace, so that every new Pod in that namespace falls within the range you configure.

This page explains how to upgrade a Linux Worker Nodes created with kubeadm. Before you begin You need to have shell access to all the nodes, and the kubectl command-line tool must be configured to communicate with your cluster. It is recommended to run this tutorial on a cluster with at least two nodes that are not acting as control plane hosts. To check the version, enter kubectl version. Familiarize yourself with the process for upgrading the rest of your kubeadm cluster.

Define a default memory resource limit for a namespace, so that every new Pod in that namespace has a memory resource limit configured.