A stateless Kubernetes application is an application that doesn't manage its state in the Kubernetes cluster. All of the state is stored outside the cluster and the cluster containers access it in some manner. In this section, we'll understand why state management is critical to the design of a distributed system and the benefits of managing state within the Kubernetes cluster.
Stateful versus stateless applications in Kubernetes
Understanding the nature of distributed data-intensive apps
Let's start from the basics here. Distributed applications are a collection of processes that run on multiple machines, process inputs, manipulate data, expose APIs, and possibly have other side effects. Each process is a combination...
