An ECD Patch is meant to provide a flexible option to define and provision Kubernetes objects that suit your system architecture, or to tailor the ECD to their preferred flavor.
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There are 3 types of strategies supported by MZ Operator ECD Patch feature:
JSON Patch (RFC6902)
Merge Patch (RFC7386)
Strategic Merge Patch (K8S custom implementation of Merge Patch)
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