☁️ Free practice test question from: KCNA (KCNA)

In Kubernetes, Pods are the smallest deployable units that can be created, scheduled, and managed. While most Pods are indeed managed by controllers, they don't have to be.

Standalone/Bare Pods: You can create Pods directly using kubectl create pod or by applying a Pod YAML definition. These Pods aren't managed by any controller. If such a Pod fails or the node it's running on goes down, Kubernetes won't automatically reschedule it - it's simply gone. This is generally not recommended for production but can be useful for testing or one-off jobs.

Controller-managed Pods: Most Pods in real-world Kubernetes deployments are created and managed by controller resources like:

• Deployments

• ReplicaSets

• StatefulSets

• DaemonSets

• Jobs

• CronJobs
  

  Controllers add important functionality like self-healing (restarting failed Pods), scaling, rolling updates, and more.