---
title: "Edit NodePool taint"
slug: "nks-updatenodepooltaint"
updated: 2026-09-17T10:05:54Z
published: 2026-09-17T10:05:54Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/nks-updatenodepooltaint"
---

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# Edit NodePool taint

Available in VPC

Edit taints of a created NodePool. Taint allows you to manage schedulers to avoid using nodes in a particular pod.

## Request

The following describes the request format for the endpoint. The request format is as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| PUT | /vnks/v2/clusters/{uuid}/node-pool/{instanceNo}/taints (Korea Region) |
| PUT | /vnks/sgn-v2/clusters/{uuid}/node-pool/{instanceNo}/taints (Singapore Region) |
| PUT | /vnks/jpn-v2/clusters/{uuid}/node-pool/{instanceNo}/taints (Japan Region) |

### Request headers

For information about the headers common to all Ncloud Kubernetes Service APIs, see [Ncloud Kubernetes Service request headers](/docs/en/compute-vpckubernetesservice#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request path parameters

You can use the following path parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `uuid` | String | Required | Cluster's UUID - See [Get cluster list](/docs/en/nks-getclusterlist) |
| `instanceNo` | Integer | Required | NodePool instance number |

### Request syntax

The request syntax is as follows.

```
{
  "taints": [
    {
      "key": "string",
      "value": "string",
      "effect": "string"
    }
  ]
}
```

### Request body

The following describes the request body.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `taints` | Array | Required | List of taints you want to change: [taints](/docs/en/nks-updatenodepooltaint#taints) |

#### `taints`

The following describes `taints`.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `key` | String | Required | Keys in taints - English letters, numbers, special characters "-", "_", "." are allowed, and the string must start and end with a English letter or number |
| `value` | String | Optional | Values in taints - English letters, numbers, special characters "-", "_", "." are allowed, and the string must start and end with a English letter or number |
| `effect` | String | Required | Scheduler management method - `NoSchedule` (default) \| `PreferNoSchedule` \| `NoExecute` |

### Request example

The following is a sample request.

```
curl --location --request PUT 'https://nks.apigw.ntruss.com/vnks/v2/clusters/{uuid}/node-pool/{instanceNo}/taints' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {access key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API gateway signature}' \
--data '{
  "taints": [
    {
      "key": "taint-key",
      "value": "taint-value",
      "effect": "NoSchedule"
    }
  ]
}'
```

## Response

The following describes the response format.

### Response syntax

The response syntax is as follows.

```
{
    "uuid": "string",
    "instanceNo": "integer"
}
```

### Response body

The following describes the response body.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `uuid` | String | - | UUID of the cluster |
| `instanceNo` | Integer | - | NodePool instance number |

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all Ncloud Kubernetes Service APIs, see [Ncloud Kubernetes Service response status codes](/docs/en/compute-vpckubernetesservice).

### Response example

The following is a sample example.

```
{
    "uuid": "1a1111a1-4d44-99b9-88c8-9e99a99e9e99",
    "instanceNo": 23323233
}
```