Category Archives: Kubernetes

Kubernetes Pod Schedule Prioritization

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Freejack

Introduction Currently Kubernetes is not configured to treat any pod as more or less important than any other pod with the exception of critical Kubernetes pods such as the kube-apiserver, kube-scheduler, and kube-controller-manager. Multiple products with different Service Class requirements … Continue reading →

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Kubernetes Resource Management

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Freejack

Overview There are two objectives to Resource Management. Ensure sufficient resources are available for all deployed products and determine when additional resources are required. This document provides information based on the deployed Kubernetes cluster and is filtered for my specific … Continue reading →

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Kubernetes WorkerNode Sizing

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Freejack

Overview For the current Kubernetes clusters, I reviewed several industry best practices and went with a Worker Node resource configuration of 4 CPUs and 16 Gigabytes of RAM per worker node. In addition, I have a spreadsheet that describes all … Continue reading →

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Kubernetes 1.9.0 Installation

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Freejack

Overview After discussion between my manager and the SysEng management team, it’s been decided that I’m to take over the Kubernetes infrastructure. The one SysEng who’s still here has put in his time and the belief is that management of … Continue reading →

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