Kubernetes Cluster Troubleshooting: Diagnostic Workflow and Core Techniques

Diagnostic Workflow: The Three Core Techniques When troubleshooting issues in a Kubernetes cluster—such as unresponsive nodes, crashing Pods, or network failures—it's essential to move beyond surface-level symptoms. A structured diagnostic approach significantly improves resolution speed and accuracy. The following three techniques form the fou ...

Posted on Thu, 28 May 2026 20:09:59 +0000 by upnxwood16

Understanding Pod Controllers in Kubernetes

Common Pod Spec Fields spec.containers <[]object> spec.containers.name <string>: Container name, required and unique. Cannot be changed after creation. spec.containers.image <string>: Image path/name:tag. spec.containers.imagePullPolicy <string>: Image pull policy: Always, Never, IfNotPresent. Default is IfNotPresent, e ...

Posted on Tue, 26 May 2026 22:31:30 +0000 by yarons

Deploying Easysearch on AWS EKS: A Complete Implementation Guide

Modern enterprises increasingly require powerful search and analytics capabilities to handle growing data volumes. Easysearch emerges as an enterprise-grade search engine that enables organizations to build high-performance, scalable data retrieval systems. In today's cloud computing landscape, containerization has become the standard approach ...

Posted on Tue, 26 May 2026 00:06:25 +0000 by frigidman

Implementing CI/CD on Kubernetes with Jenkins Dynamic Agents

CI/CD Workflow Overview Transitioning from traditional virtual machine-based CI/CD to a Kubernetes-native approach offers significant advantages in resource utilization and environment consistency. Traditional Workflow: CI: Developers push code to GitLab -> Jenkins triggers build on a static slave -> Code scanning and compilation -> A ...

Posted on Mon, 25 May 2026 18:24:34 +0000 by algarve4me

Kubernetes Scheduling Mechanisms: Affinity, Taints, and List-Watch

Kubernetes relies on a decoupled, event-driven architecture to manage workload placement across cluster nodes. At the heart of this system lies the List-Watch mechanism, which enables components to react to state changes in real time without polling. This mechanism allows the API Server to notify components like the Scheduler, Controller Manage ...

Posted on Sun, 24 May 2026 19:33:34 +0000 by cpd259

Installing Kubernetes with kubeadm Using Vagrant

Setting Up a Kubernetes Cluster with kubeadm Infrastructure Overview We will create a Kubernetes cluster using Vagrant. The environment consists of three CentOS-based virtual machines: Hostname IP Address master1 192.168.33.11 node1 192.168.33.12 node2 192.168.33.13 Vagrantfile Configuration Below is the Vagrantfile used to define ...

Posted on Thu, 21 May 2026 20:42:59 +0000 by programmingjeff

Simplifying Kubernetes Deployments with Helm Charts

Chart Structure and Configuration A Helm chart is a collection of files that describe a related set of Kubernetes resources. The core components include Chart.yaml, values.yaml, and template files under the templates/ directory. Chart.yaml This file defines metadata about the chart: apiVersion: v1 name: k8sapp version: 0.1.1 appVersion: "1 ...

Posted on Tue, 19 May 2026 17:19:43 +0000 by llirik

High-Availability Kubernetes 1.24 Deployment with kube-vip and Cilium

Infrastructure Architecture Operating System Kernel IP Address Hostname Role Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0 10.0.50.11 control-plane-1 Control Plane Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0 10.0.50.12 control-plane-2 Control Plane Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0 10.0.50.13 control-plane-3 Control Plane Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0 10.0.50.21 worker-1 Worker Ubuntu 2 ...

Posted on Tue, 19 May 2026 14:30:48 +0000 by boon4376

From Docker Compose to Kubernetes with Kompose

Kompose is a CLI utility that translates docker-compose.yml files into native Kubernetes objects such as Deployments, Services, and PVCs. It eliminates the manual work of rewriitng Compose declarations into YAML manifests. Installation # Linux curl -L https://github.com/kubernetes/kompose/releases/latest/download/kompose-linux-amd64 -o kompose ...

Posted on Tue, 19 May 2026 13:42:49 +0000 by clarket

Deploying a Kubernetes 1.26 Cluster with containerd and Calico

Node Configuration Table Role IP Address master1 192.168.40.180 master2* 192.168.40.183 node1 192.168.40.181 node2* 192.168.40.182 *Nodes marked with an asterisk are reserved for future cluster expansion. Prerequisites for All Node Hostname Assignment hostnamectl set-hostname master1 && bash # Run on master1 hostnamect ...

Posted on Tue, 19 May 2026 13:31:15 +0000 by yarons