Intermediate Kubernetes
Q71 / 100

What does the "terminationGracePeriodSeconds" field in a Pod spec control?

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The correct answer is B) How long Kubernetes waits after sending a SIGTERM to a Pod's containers before forcefully killing them with SIGKILL, giving the application time to shut down gracefully

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Correct Answer

How long Kubernetes waits after sending a SIGTERM to a Pod's containers before forcefully killing them with SIGKILL, giving the application time to shut down gracefully

Explanation

When a Pod is deleted, Kubernetes sends SIGTERM and waits up to terminationGracePeriodSeconds (default 30s) for the process to exit cleanly before sending SIGKILL.

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