Working with a replication controller

A replication controller is a term for API objects in Kubernetes that refers to pod replicas. The idea is to be able to control a set of pods' behaviors. The replication controller ensures that the pods, in a user-specified number, are running all the time. If some pods in the replication controller crash and terminate, the system will recreate pods with the original configurations on healthy nodes automatically, and keep a certain amount of processes continuously running. According to this feature, no matter whether you need replicas of pods or not, you can always shield the pods with the replication controller for autorecovery. In this recipe, you're going to learn how to manage your pods by using the replication ...

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