StatefulSets

How should I safely upgrade Kubernetes 1.34 to 1.35 with Elasticsearch running?

I'm planning to upgrade a production Kubernetes cluster from v1.34.8 to v1.35, and Elasticsearch is currently running in the cluster. I'd like to understand how to verify compatibility…

How should I isolate critical workloads and handle overloaded Kubernetes nodes?

I'm running an on-premises Rancher/RKE1 Kubernetes cluster and occasionally see a pod consume nearly all available CPU or memory on its node. I understand that resource requests influence…

Do teams run databases and other stateful services inside Kubernetes?

I'm new to Kubernetes and using it for a side project to learn. I'm trying to decide whether my cluster should host only stateless services or also run…