The purpose of this post is to share some thoughts on the management of a Kubernetes platform in production. The idea is to focus on a major problem that many beginners encounter with this platform, namely: the management of preempted pods.

What Is a Preempted Pod?

Preemption is a famous nightmare on every orchestration platform, this is not something dedicated to Kubernetes, but several aspects of this platform can be the root cause of an unexpected preemption.