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Deploying a Pod to a Node with a Label in Kubernetes

In this hands-on lab, you will need to create the pod YAML necessary to create a pod and assign that pod to a specific node with the label disk=ssd. First, find the node with that label, creat the YAML, then apply the YAML to the provided Kubernetes cluster. You will have completed this hands-on lab when you have verified that the pod is running successfully on the correct node.

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Level
Beginner
Last updated
Sep 10, 2025
Duration
15m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Get All Node Labels
    • Run a command to get all labels for all cluster nodes
  2. Challenge

    Create and Apply the Pod YAML
    • Create a file named pod.yaml and ensure that it has specified the node with the label disk=ssd
    • Apply the YAML to your Kubernetes cluster
  3. Challenge

    Verify The pod is Running on the Correct Node
    • Run a command that will show the pods and their associated nodes
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