Exploring Ephemeral Containers in Kubernetes: Unveiling a Powerful Debugging Tool

Unleashing Debugging Superpowers: Navigating Kubernetes with Ephemeral Containers for Swift Issue Resolution

Alex Vazquez
3 min readSep 4, 2023
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In the dynamic and ever-evolving world of container orchestration, Kubernetes continues to reign as the ultimate choice for managing, deploying, and scaling containerized applications. As Kubernetes evolves, so do its features and capabilities, and one such fascinating addition is the concept of Ephemeral Containers. In this blog post, we will delve into the world of Ephemeral Containers, understanding what they are, exploring their primary use cases, and learning how to implement them, all with guidance from the Kubernetes official documentation.

What Are Ephemeral Containers?

Ephemeral Containers, introduced as an alpha feature in Kubernetes 1.16 and reached a stable level on the Kubernetes 1.25 version, offer a powerful toolset for debugging, diagnosing, and troubleshooting issues within your Kubernetes pods without requiring you to alter your pod’s original configuration. Unlike regular containers that are part of the central pod’s definition, ephemeral containers are dynamically added to a running pod for a short-lived duration, providing you with a…

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Alex Vazquez

PSG Senior Architect at TIBCO Software with a focus on Cloud Development, Event Processing and Enterprise Integration