Upgrading Node Pools in GKE - Strategies and Best Practices

Explore node pool upgrade strategies in Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) through this 11-minute video. Learn about surge upgrades versus blue-green upgrades, default node pool upgrade processes, and techniques to ensure graceful pod shutdown and maintain workload availability during upgrades. Discover how to implement surge upgrades and blue-green upgrades in GKE, and gain insights into managing upgrade costs while keeping workloads stable. Ideal for DevOps engineers and Kubernetes administrators looking to optimize their GKE cluster management practices.

- Intro
- Surge upgrades vs blue-green upgrades
- Default node pool upgrades
- Help pods shutdown gracefully
- Help workloads maintain their availability
- Surge upgrades in GKE
- Blue-green upgrades in GKE
- Wrap up