How Common Are Multi-Container Pods in Your Experience?

For us, multi-container pods are essential, especially for maintaining and scaling services. For example, we've run up to 40 sidecars with a Prometheus pod to monitor different hosts. It can get a bit crazy, but it works!

Using multi-container setups can definitely help in scaling and efficiency for many projects. But I've heard people express concerns about it becoming overly complex if not managed properly.

I’ve noticed that a significant number of applications utilize init containers, even if users aren't always aware of it. They typically run tasks to set up the environment before the main application starts. My experience shows that about half of the workloads I manage are multi-container.

Absolutely, multi-container pods are quite common these days! People often use init containers for preparation and sidecars for additional functionalities. For instance, I frequently employ OAuth2-Proxy as a sidecar in my setups.

We leverage multi-container pods a lot! They’re helpful for various tasks, like using sidecars to export logs, and init containers to run prep tasks. Honestly, I can’t imagine working in Kubernetes without them.