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Attach Pod to a specific node

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Question 17 Jul 2023

Problem

Pods distributed in the cluster not evenly and user wants to deploy pods / deployments on a specific node

Solution

kubectl get nodes --show-labels
kubectl label nodes <MYNODE> nodename=node2

Add Pod Affinity for you deployment

affinity:

nodeAffinity:

requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:

nodeSelectorTerms:

- matchExpressions:

- key: nodename

operator: In

values:

- node2

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