Resolving Reliability Issues in Kubernetes

Overview

Reliability in Kubernetes is paramount for ensuring the uninterrupted operation of containerized applications. Two critical mechanisms to achieve this are the liveness probe and readiness probe:

• Liveness probe: Is a Kubernetes health check that determines whether a container is running properly. If the probe fails, Kubernetes restarts the container, helping maintain application availability.

• Readiness probe: Ensures that a container is ready to receive traffic. When a container isn’t ready (probe fails), Kubernetes removes it from service, preventing traffic until it becomes healthy. ...