What is a taint in Kubernetes?
Experience Level: Junior
Tags: Kubernetes
Answer
A taint is a node rule defining that pods shouldn't be scheduled on the node unless the pods have a matching rule (toleration) saying that they can be scheduled on the node and ignore the taint.
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