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// * nodes/nodes-scheduler-taints-tolerations.adoc

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= Setting a default value for toleration seconds

When using taints and tolerations, if taints are added to an existing node, non-matching pods on that node will be evicted. You can modify the time allowed before pods are evicted using the toleration seconds plug-in, which sets the eviction period at five minutes, by default.

.Procedure

To enable Default Toleration Seconds:

Create an *AdmissionConfiguration* object:
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kind: AdmissionConfiguration
apiVersion: apiserver.k8s.io/v1alpha1
plugins:
- name: DefaultTolerationSeconds
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