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Guide for Running Windows Containers in Kubernetes — Simplifying with RuntimeClass

[RuntimeClass] can be used to simplify the process of using taints and tolerations.

Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions). [RuntimeClass] can be used to simplify the process of using taints and tolerations. A cluster administrator can create a RuntimeClass object which is used to encapsulate these taints and tolerations. Save this file to runtimeClasses.yml. It includes the appropriate nodeSelector for the Windows OS, architecture, and version. Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```yaml --- apiVersion: node.k8s.io/v1 kind: RuntimeClass metadata: name: windows-2019 handler: example-container-runtime-handler scheduling: nodeSelector: kubernetes.io/os: 'windows' kubernetes.io/arch: 'amd64' node.kubernetes.io/windows-build: '10.0.20348' tolerations: - effect: NoSchedule key: os operator: Equal value: "windows" ``` Run kubectl create -f runtimeClasses.yml using as a cluster administrator Add runtimeClassName: windows-2019 as appropriate to Pod specs Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```yaml --- apiVersion: apps/v1 kind: Deployment metadata: name: iis-2019 labels: app: iis-2019 spec: replicas: 1 template: metadata: name: iis-2019 labels: app: iis-2019 spec: runtimeClassName: windows-2019 containers: - name: iis image: mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore/iis:windowsservercore-ltsc2019 resources: limits: cpu: 1 memory: 800Mi requests: cpu: .1 memory: 300Mi ports: - containerPort: 80 selector: matchLabels: app: iis-2019 --- apiVersion: v1 kind: Service metadata: name: iis spec: type: LoadBalancer ports: - protocol: TCP port: 80 selector: app: iis-2019 ``` [RuntimeClass]: /docs/concepts/containers/runtime-class/ Attribution: Adapted from Kubernetes Documentation under CC-BY-4.0. Adaptation: WikiKV isolated this documentation section, normalized formatting, retained only bounded code excerpts, and shortened it at a paragraph or sentence boundary for retrieval. Verify version-sensitive details at the source.
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