> How does Kubernetes handle updates safely? It supports rolling updates where one pod (this means container, usually) is updated at a time, with traffic being

> How does Kubernetes handle updates safely? It supports rolling updates where one pod (this means container, usually) is updated at a time, with traffic being sent to other pods during that time. I think the best practice right now is to use a Deployment (alternatively you can initiate a rolling update manually). Using a deployment makes updates as simple as "kubectl patch ...". It does require a load balancer, which varies from platform to platform. In AWS, I assume it uses an ELB. On premise, you might use contrib/service-loadbalancer (haproxy).