Day: May 21, 2026

A Kubernetes Network Policy controls traffic flow between pods at the network level, acting as a firewall for your cluster.

A Kubernetes CRD extends the Kubernetes API by defining new custom resource types managed like native Kubernetes objects.

A Kubernetes Secret stores sensitive data like passwords, tokens, and certificates, keeping it separate from application code.

A Kubernetes ConfigMap stores non-confidential configuration data as key-value pairs for consumption by pods and containers.

Kubernetes HPA automatically scales the number of pod replicas based on observed CPU, memory, or custom metrics to match demand.

A Kubernetes DaemonSet ensures a copy of a specific pod runs on every node, ideal for logging, monitoring, and system-level agents.

A Kubernetes StatefulSet is a controller for stateful applications requiring stable network identities, persistent storage, and ordered deployment.

Feature flags are toggles that control which features are visible to users, allowing teams to deploy code without immediately releasing it.

An SLI is a quantitative measure of a specific aspect of service performance, such as availability, latency, or error rate.

Crossplane extends Kubernetes to manage cloud infrastructure resources like databases and storage as native Kubernetes objects.