What is the purpose of taints and tolerations in Kubernetes?

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What is the purpose of taints and tolerations in Kubernetes?

Key points

  • Taints repel pods from nodes without explicit tolerations
  • Tolerations allow pods to schedule on tainted nodes
  • Taints are used to dedicate nodes for specific workloads
  • Tolerations are applied at the pod level
  • Taints and tolerations work together to control pod placement

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