Pods in Kubernetes

Tue, 28 Oct 2025 23:21:32 -0400

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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

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