This article discusses the importance of graceful termination in Kubernetes pods and explores various ways to handle graceful termination in .NET 6 and ASP.NET Core 6.0. It covers preStop hooks and observing system signals sent down directly to process by container runtime. The article also compares the pros and cons of different approaches and recommends a better approach by utilizing modern .NET extensions like Hosting, Logging, and DependencyInjection. Overall, this article provides a comprehensive guide to handling graceful termination in modern .NET applications, making them more reliable and fault-tolerant.
