29. Kubernetes DaemonSets Explained + Live Demo

Learn how Kubernetes DaemonSets work in this practical, hands-on video! I’ll explain what DaemonSets are, why they’re used, and how they automatically deploy Pods on every node in your cluster — followed by a live demo using NGINX on Minikube. Perfect for DevOps engineers, system administrators, and developers who want to master real-world Kubernetes concepts.

This tutorial covers:
✔️ Understand DaemonSets vs Deployments 🧠
✔️ One Pod per Node – explained with examples ⚙️
✔️ Real-world use cases: logging, monitoring & networking 🌐
✔️ YAML configuration walkthrough + kubectl demo 💻
✔️ Auto-scaling when nodes are added or removed 🔁

💬 Commands Used in This Video:
kubectl apply -f nginx-daemonset.yaml
kubectl get daemonset
kubectl get pods -o wide
kubectl describe pod "pod-name"
minikube node add
kubectl delete -f nginx-daemonset.yaml

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📚 Chapters
0:00 🎬 Intro to DaemonSets
0:54 🆚 DS vs. Deployments
1:58 ⚙️ What is a DaemonSet?
3:19 🔑 Key Features
5:36 💡 Why Use DaemonSets?
5:59 🪵 Use Case: Log Collection
9:28 📈 Use Case: Monitoring
11:19 🌐 Use Case: Networking
12:50 🔄 DS vs. Deployment Summary
13:54 🧠 How DS Works
15:04 📄 Creating DS YAML
16:34 💻 Demo Access
16:51 ✨ Demo: Create DS YAML
19:16 🚀 Demo: Apply and Verify
20:55 🔎 Demo: Check Pod Controller
21:49 ➕ Demo: Add New Node
25:52 ⚕️ Demo: Self-Healing
27:05 🧹 Demo Cleanup
27:40 ✅ Summary
28:05 👋 Outro

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