Kubernetes Liveness vs Readiness Probes (and Startup): Getting Them Right
Learn what Kubernetes liveness, readiness and startup probes each decide, how to time them, and how to avoid misconfigurations that cause pod restart storms.
16 min read
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Service Discovery in Microservices: How Load Balancing Really Works
Learn how service discovery and load balancing fit together in microservices: DNS, Kubernetes Services, client-side balancing, proxies, and rollout pitfalls.
13 min read
Health Checks and Graceful Shutdown for Containers: A Practical Guide
Learn how liveness, readiness, and startup probes work with SIGTERM handling and connection draining to deliver zero-downtime container deploys.
14 min read