Glossary term
What is Probe?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Probe" means: A health check Kubernetes runs on a container. Readiness decides who gets traffic. Liveness decides who gets restarted. It is taught in Docker and Kubernetes for Beginners. Related terms include Secret, Rolling update, ConfigMap and Namespace. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Probe?
A health check Kubernetes runs on a container. Readiness decides who gets traffic. Liveness decides who gets restarted.
Where is Probe taught?
Probe is defined in Docker and Kubernetes for Beginners.
Which lessons cover Probe?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Docker and Kubernetes for Beginners, lesson 6.1: Health Checks: Readiness and Liveness
Which terms are related to Probe?
Next to Probe in the course glossaries: Secret, Rolling update, ConfigMap, Namespace, Service and Deployment.
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Probe?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Docker and Kubernetes for Beginners: You can open a terminal (PowerShell, Command Prompt, Terminal or a Linux shell) and run simple commands such as cd and ls or dir.