Init Container Examples: Learn Kubernetes Pod Spec Features

Learn Kubernetes Init Containers by example, and when to not use them. I quickly detail the basics of Pod spec initContainers and then I show off multiple examples of how. you might use them. Then I talk about status and fsGroup changes in Kubernetes 1.20.

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Bret Fisher
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Music: Pancakes by Dylan Sitts

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00:00 Intro
00:24 Basics of Init Containers
02:13 Examples of Init Containers
06:49 Permission changes with fsGroup
08:22 Status of Init Containers

#pod #initcontainers #kubernetes

[shivareddy]

Hey man, you just helped me with mastering k8s. Thanks 😊

[alex.prodigy]

the only thing missing from an init containers is being able to run only once / deployment, daemonset, etc

[tonyc]

For the first example couldn’t we achieve the same thing by using an emptyDir when creating the volume? That way no initContainer is needed ?