Kubernetes supports running nodes on either Linux or Windows. You can mix both kinds of node within a single cluster. This page provides an overview to networking specific to the Windows operating system. Container networking on Windows Networking for Windows containers is exposed through CNI plugins. Windows containers function similarly to virtual machines in regards to networking. Each container has a virtual network adapter (vNIC) which is connected to a Hyper-V virtual switch (vSwitch).

Dynamic volume provisioning allows storage volumes to be created on-demand. Without dynamic provisioning, cluster administrators have to manually make calls to their cloud or storage provider to create new storage volumes, and then create PersistentVolume objects to represent them in Kubernetes. The dynamic provisioning feature eliminates the need for cluster administrators to pre-provision storage. Instead, it automatically provisions storage when users create PersistentVolumeClaim objects. Background The implementation of dynamic volume provisioning is based on the API object StorageClass from the API group storage.

This page guides you through configuring Node overprovisioning in your Kubernetes cluster. Node overprovisioning is a strategy that proactively reserves a portion of your cluster's compute resources. This reservation helps reduce the time required to schedule new pods during scaling events, enhancing your cluster's responsiveness to sudden spikes in traffic or workload demands. By maintaining some unused capacity, you ensure that resources are immediately available when new pods are created, preventing them from entering a pending state while the cluster scales up.

This page shows how to change the access mode on an existing PersistentVolume to use ReadWriteOncePod. Before you begin You need to have a Kubernetes cluster, 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. If you do not already have a cluster, you can create one by using minikube or you can use one of these Kubernetes playgrounds:

The Kubernetes API server provides API endpoints to indicate the current status of the API server. This page describes these API endpoints and explains how you can use them. API endpoints for health The Kubernetes API server provides 3 API endpoints (healthz, livez and readyz) to indicate the current status of the API server. The healthz endpoint is deprecated (since Kubernetes v1.16), and you should use the more specific livez and readyz endpoints instead.

FEATURE STATE: Kubernetes v1.34 [stable] (enabled by default: true) This tutorial shows you how to install Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) drivers in your cluster and how to use them in conjunction with the DRA APIs to allocate devices to Pods. This page is intended for cluster administrators. Dynamic Resource Allocation (DRA) lets a cluster manage availability and allocation of hardware resources to satisfy Pod-based claims for hardware requirements and preferences.

Note This tutorial applies only for new clusters. Pod Security is an admission controller that carries out checks against the Kubernetes Pod Security Standards when new pods are created. It is a feature GA'ed in v1.25. This tutorial shows you how to enforce the baseline Pod Security Standard at the cluster level which applies a standard configuration to all namespaces in a cluster. To apply Pod Security Standards to specific namespaces, refer to Apply Pod Security Standards at the namespace level.

This tutorial shows you how to run a standalone kubelet instance. You may have different motivations for running a standalone kubelet. This tutorial is aimed at introducing you to Kubernetes, even if you don't have much experience with it. You can follow this tutorial and learn about node setup, basic (static) Pods, and how Kubernetes manages containers. Once you have followed this tutorial, you could try using a cluster that has a control plane to manage pods and nodes, and other types of objects.

Objectives Learn about a Service in Kubernetes. Understand how labels and selectors relate to a Service. Expose an application outside a Kubernetes cluster. Overview of Kubernetes Services Kubernetes Pods are mortal. Pods have a lifecycle. When a worker node dies, the Pods running on the Node are also lost. A Replicaset might then dynamically drive the cluster back to the desired state via the creation of new Pods to keep your application running.

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