Spread replicas using podAntiAffinityTask Information : Configure payments/api to prefer scheduling pods on different nodes.

Patch deployment with preferred podAntiAffinity

oc -n payments patch deploy api --type=merge -p '{

"spec":{"template":{"spec":{"affinity":{

"podAntiAffinity":{

"preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution":[{

"weight":100,

"podAffinityTerm":{

"labelSelector":{"matchLabels":{"app":"api"}},

"topologyKey":"kubernetes.io/hostname"

}

}]

}

}}}}

}'

Encourages spread across nodes to reduce single-node impact.

Verify spread

oc -n payments get pods -o wide

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