What is DaemonSet?
A Kubernetes workload that ensures a pod runs on every (or selected) node.
A DaemonSet ensures that one copy of a pod runs on every node in a cluster (or on nodes matching a selector). When new nodes are added, the DaemonSet automatically schedules pods on them. When nodes are removed, pods are garbage collected. DaemonSets are used for node-level infrastructure: log collectors (Fluentd, Promtail), monitoring agents (node-exporter), network plugins (Cilium, Calico), and security tools (Falco).
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Related Terms
More Kubernetes Terms
Admission Controller
A Kubernetes plugin that intercepts API requests before objects are persisted.
Auto Scaling
Automatically adjusting the number of compute resources based on demand.
ClusterIP
The default Kubernetes Service type that exposes a service on an internal cluster IP.
ConfigMap
A Kubernetes object for storing non-sensitive configuration data as key-value pairs.
Controller Manager
Kubernetes control plane component running control loops to maintain desired state.
CoreDNS
The default DNS server in Kubernetes clusters for service discovery.
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