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What is the difference between a Pod and a Container?

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Container:

  • A single running instance of an application
  • Isolated process with its own filesystem, network, and resources
  • Created from a container image

Pod:

  • A wrapper around one or more containers
  • Provides shared networking and storage for containers
  • Smallest deployable unit in Kubernetes
  • Can contain helper containers (sidecars) alongside the main application container
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