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Kubernetes Pod Scheduling: nodeSelector and Node Affinity
Start with nodeSelector for simple node targeting, then upgrade to node affinity for expressive matching that nodeSelector cannot handle.
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Start with nodeSelector for simple node targeting, then upgrade to node affinity for expressive matching that nodeSelector cannot handle.
See why taints and tolerations alone or node affinity alone are not enough to fully control pod placement on dedicated nodes.
A Kubernetes cluster has tainted nodes to restrict pod scheduling. Configure a Deployment to schedule pods exclusively on a specific tainted node using both tolerations and required node affinity.
Create a PersistentVolume backed by local storage that can be used only on a specific node, and bind it to a PersistentVolumeClaim using label selectors.