Liveness & Readiness Probes
Kubernetes checks: Liveness checks if a container needs restarting; Readiness checks if a container is ready to handle traffic.
Definition
Kubernetes checks: Liveness checks if a container needs restarting; Readiness checks if a container is ready to handle traffic.
Use case
Preventing Kubernetes from routing web traffic to a pod until it finishes warming up its database cache.
Related terms
Documentation
Configure liveness, readiness and startup probes
How Kubernetes decides to restart a container or send it traffic.