What is the difference between a liveness probe and a readiness probe?

Answer: Liveness probes check if a container is alive, while readiness probes check if a container is ready to serve traffic

Explanation

Liveness probes determine if a container is healthy; if the probe fails, the container is restarted. Readiness probes determine if a container is ready to receive traffic; if the probe fails, the pod's IP is removed from the endpoints of all Services that match it, effectively taking it out of service rotation without restarting it.