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The Kubernetes Book - Second Edition
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The Kubernetes Book - Second Edition

by Nigel Poulton, Pushkar Joglekar
July 2024
Beginner to intermediate
330 pages
6h 48m
English
Packt Publishing
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13: StatefulSets

In this chapter, you’ll learn how to use StatefulSets to deploy and manage stateful applications on Kubernetes.

For the purposes of this chapter, we’re defining a stateful application as one that creates and saves valuable data. Examples include databases, key-value stores, and applications that save data about client sessions and use it for future sessions.

We’ll divide the chapter as follows:

  • StatefulSet theory
  • Hands-on with StatefulSets

The theory section introduces how StatefulSets work and what they offer stateful applications. But don’t worry if you don’t understand everything at first, you’ll cover it all again in the hands-on section.

StatefulSet theory

It’s helpful to compare StatefulSets with Deployments. Both are ...

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ISBN: 9781835880302