TIL: Kubernetes Resources are Easily Mistyped

Roel M. Hogervorst

2023/09/30

Categories: blog Tags: 100daystooffload kubernetes helm TIL

At $work we have a kubernetes1 cluster. I have to tell every deployment how many resources we need, if you go over a certain threshold the deployment is refused.

I wanted half a CPU (500 millicpu) but my deployment was refused: “You are not allowed to claim 500.000 cpus”.

You know why?

I wonder if that is ever needed?

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  1. I heard someone call it ‘kates,’ based on the k8s acronym I guess? ↩︎