Kubernetes 101 : Pods priority - PriorityClass object -
We can define a pod's priority using a kubernetes object called the PriorityClass.
A pod's priority influences the order in which the scheduler assigns nodes to the pods.
Below is the Yaml file for our PriorityClass with the value of "1000":
- globalDefault: Indicates if kubernetes could use this priority with pods that don't have the priority parameter defined.
The kubernetes "PriorityClass" object:
The PriorityClass is a cluster-wide kubernetes object. The higher its value, the higher the priority of the pods associated with it.
Below is an example of a pod using our PriorityClass object defined above:
When we have a lot of pods waiting to be assigned to the kubernetes nodes, the scheduler takes into consideration the priority of the pods - the pods with higher priority get scheduled first -
Remark:
The scheduler can also terminate lower priority pods - using the default preemption policy in kubernetes - and replace them with higher priority ones if the resources are scarce on the nodes.
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