How to Handle Node Shutdown in Kubernetes

Explore the intricacies of handling node shutdowns in Kubernetes with this informative conference talk by Xing Yang and Ashutosh Kumar from VMware. Learn about graceful and non-graceful shutdown scenarios, their impact on running workloads, and the mechanisms in place to manage them. Discover the concepts behind graceful shutdowns, including systemd inhibitor locks and configuration settings. Gain insights into the alpha support for non-graceful shutdowns introduced in Kubernetes v1.24, which enables successful creation of replacement pods for StatefulSets on different running nodes. Understand how to leverage this feature using taints and get a glimpse of the future roadmap for more automated shutdown handling in Kubernetes clusters.