https://steve.mt/tags/kubernetes/ Recent content in Kubernetes on Steve Xuereb Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://steve.mt/blog/2026-06-25-kubernetes-conditions/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://steve.mt/blog/2026-06-25-kubernetes-conditions/ Many Kubernetes resources show conditions in their status. You can quickly view them with kubectl describe. $ kubectl describe pod/nginx ... Conditions: Type Status PodReadyToStartContainers True Initialized True Ready True ContainersReady True PodScheduled True ... Conditions appear as a list. Each condition type represents a separate observation about the resource, not a step in one shared state machine. You generally cannot summarize a resource by assuming all conditions should be True; some condition types use False as the healthy value. https://steve.mt/blog/2024-02-20-til-resourcefieldref/ Tue, 20 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://steve.mt/blog/2024-02-20-til-resourcefieldref/ Demonstrates using the Kubernetes Downward API to inject resource-derived env vars like GOMAXPROCS without hitting the API server. https://steve.mt/blog/2020-08-16-k8s-deploy-long-running-tasks/ Sun, 16 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://steve.mt/blog/2020-08-16-k8s-deploy-long-running-tasks/ Recommends rainbow deployments so long-running pods (like GitLab Runner) stay observable while new versions roll out.