2 Why the Pod?
This chapter covers
- What is a Pod?
- An example web app and why we need the Pod
- How Kubernetes is built for Pods
- The Kubernetes control plane
In the previous chapter, we provided a high-level overview of Kubernetes and an introduction to its features, core components, and architecture. We also showcased a couple of business use cases and outlined some container definitions. The Kubernetes Pod abstraction for running thousands of containers in a flexible manner has been a fundamental part of the transition to containers in enterprises. In this chapter, we will cover the Pod and how Kubernetes was built to support it as a basic application building block.
As briefly mentioned in chapter 1, a Pod is an object that is defined within ...
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