Advanced Kubernetes

Helm, Ingress & Auto-scaling

Day 9: Advanced Concepts

Helm Charts

  • ✓ Package manager for Kubernetes
  • ✓ Templating and versioning
  • ✓ Easy application deployment
  • ✓ Rollback capabilities

Ingress Controllers

  • ✓ Manage external access to services
  • ✓ Load balancing and SSL termination
  • ✓ Name-based virtual hosting
  • ✓ Path-based routing

Horizontal Pod Autoscaling

  • ✓ Automatically scale pods based on metrics
  • ✓ CPU and memory-based scaling
  • ✓ Custom metrics support
  • ✓ Optimize resource utilization

Resource Management

  • ✓ Set resource requests and limits
  • ✓ Prevent resource exhaustion
  • ✓ Quality of Service (QoS) classes
  • ✓ Resource quotas per namespace

Troubleshooting Pod Restarts

  • ✓ Check pod events and logs
  • ✓ Review resource limits
  • ✓ Verify health checks
  • ✓ Inspect application errors

Key Takeaways

  • ✓ Helm simplifies K8s deployments
  • ✓ Ingress manages external access
  • ✓ Auto-scaling optimizes resources
  • ✓ Proper resource management is crucial
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