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• Kubernetes ultimate aim is to deploy apps in CONTAINERS on a set of machines configured as WORKER NODES in a CLUSTER
• Kubernetes aka “k8s” does not deploy containers DIRECTLY on worker nodes
• Containers are encapsulated into a Kubernetes object known as POD
• A pod is a single instance of an application
• A pod is the SMALLEST object you can create in Kubernetes

Pod Example Link to heading

Below is a very simple example of a YAML file. The file deploys a pod named “my-pod” with the image “nginx”.

pod-definition.yaml Link to heading

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: my-pod

spec:
  containers:
    - name: nginx
      image: nginx