How To Migrate Kubernetes Cluster With Zero Downtime

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Describes a migration strategy for moving applications from an older Kubernetes cluster to a newly created higher-version cluster without downtime. Covers the risks of multi-version upgrades and presents a concrete proposal for performing cluster-to-cluster migration to avoid service interruption.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 5:07Cluster migration process
3. 10:37Cloud Controller Manager
4. 22:05What's your take away

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