What is a Pod in the context of a Kubernetes environment?
The smallest deployable unit in Kubernetes, which may consist of one or more containers that share storage and network, as well as specifications on how to run the containers
The networking layer within Kubernetes that handles outbound traffic from containers
A collection of nodes designed to host the containers within a Kubernetes cluster
A tool used to manage the lifecycle of Kubernetes containers, including their deployment and scaling operations
In Kubernetes, a Pod is the smallest deployable unit that can be created and managed. It represents a single instance of an application or process. A Pod encapsulates one or more containers, storage resources, a unique network IP, and options that govern how the container(s) should run. Pods can contain multiple containers, but they are typically co-located and co-scheduled on the same node and in the same execution environment, which allows them to share context and resources. This differentiates Pods from standalone containers, services, or deployments, which serve different roles in the Kubernetes ecosystem.
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