Fabian Lee : Software Engineer

Bash: using timeout to put time limit on invoked commands

February 25, 2022
Categories: Scripting

When calling processes within a script, there may be situations where you need to put a time limit on the call due to significant blocking times. Perhaps a DNS or network call would block if certain firewall rules do not exist yet, or a long-running API call would need to be considered in error if … Bash: using timeout to put time limit on invoked commands

Kubernetes: using kubectl to wait for condition of pods, deployments, services

January 27, 2022
Categories: Containers

Instead of deploying a pod or service and periodically checking its status for readiness, or having your automation scripts wait for a certain number of seconds before moving to the next operation, it is much cleaner to use ‘kubectl wait’ to sense completion. Wait for pod Here is how you would wait for READY status … Kubernetes: using kubectl to wait for condition of pods, deployments, services