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Sidecar Container vs Init Container in Kubernetes

Reading Time: 4 minutes Introduction Init containers are special containers that run before main containers run in a pod. Init containers support many of the features of application containers. Sidecar containers are containers that run along with the main container in a pod. You can define any number of sidecar containers to run alongside the main container What is Sidecar Container? A sidecar is just a container that runs on the same Continue Reading

Use of Init-Container in Kubernetes

Reading Time: 3 minutes This is the era of containerization and orchestration where the majority of the applications are following the trend of running on a container which is further deployed in a Kubernetes cluster. Init-container in Kubernetes is a special type of container that runs to completion before the main app’s container and the pod will repeatedly restart until all of them succeed. Why init-Containers ? It’s sometimes Continue Reading