Static Podsare managed directly by thekubeleton each node.
They arenot scheduled by the kube-schedulerand always remain bound to the node where they are defined.
Exact extract (Kubernetes Docs – Static Pods):
“Static Pods are managed directly by the kubelet daemon on a specific node, without the API server. They do not go through the Kubernetes scheduler.”
Clarifications:
A: Static Pods do not span multiple nodes.
B: No hard limit of 5 Pods per node.
D: They are not a fallback mechanism; kubelet always manages them regardless of scheduler state.
[References:, Kubernetes Docs — Static Pods: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/static-pod/, ]
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