[PCA 3.x] Kubectl Pods Status not Running (Doc ID 2861930.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 06, 2023

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Goal

The "kubectl get pods" is the most commonly used command to check pods in a Kubernetes deployment.

It is important to know that pod status naturally changes through the pod lifecycle, so a pod status of not Running does not necessarily indicate a real issue.

A pod in status of non-running could be different causes, this KM describes an example to show how to troubleshoot pod status not running issue by examining node status, the pod description and the pod logs.

Solution

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