Why You Need --disable-eviction for Homelab Kubernetes Node Drains
If you’ve ever tried to drain a Kubernetes node in a homelab cluster and found yourself staring at a terminal that just… hangs, you’ve probably run into PodDisruptionBudget (PDB) conflicts. Here’s why it happens and how to fix it. The Problem I was upgrading my Kubernetes cluster from 1.34 to 1.35, which requires draining each node before upgrading. Simple enough, right? kubectl drain k8s-worker01 --ignore-daemonsets --delete-emptydir-data And then… nothing. The command just sat there. No error, no progress, just waiting. ...