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Spread Pods Across Zones

Kubernetes · pro · solved in-browser (no VM needed) · 3 tiered hints

Write /home/player/pod.yaml: a Pod named web labelled app: web that uses a topologySpreadConstraints rule with maxSkew 1 over the topologyKey topology.kubernetes.io/zone, whenUnsatisfiable DoNotSchedule, matching pods with label app: web. (Authored config, graded structurally — the engine isn't run here.)

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