Quiz: What is `etcd` in a Kubernetes cluster?
etcd is the source of truth datastore recording all cluster objects and configurations.
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etcd is the source of truth datastore recording all cluster objects and configurations.
Namespaces provide scope isolation for Pods, Services, and Deployments within a shared physical cluster.
RBAC grants permission rules (e.g. read pods) bound to specific subjects within namespaces.
Taints and Tolerations work together to ensure pods are not scheduled onto inappropriate nodes.
Node Affinity directs pod scheduling to specific node subsets matching label criteria.
Helm packages Kubernetes manifests into reusable version-controlled charts.
PodDisruptionBudgets maintain minimum availability during cluster maintenance.
kube-proxy manages iptables/IPVS network rules to forward Service traffic to backend Pods.