Workload Issues

Common problems with pods, deployments, and containers.

By Pod Status

• Pod Pending - Pod stuck in Pending state, node assignment issues
• CrashLoopBackOff - Container crashes, OOMKilled, init container failures
• ImagePullBackOff - Image pull errors, registry authentication issues
• ContainerCreating - Volume attachment, secret mounting issues

Quick Diagnostic Commands

# Get pod status and events
kubectl describe pod ${POD_NAME} -n ${NAMESPACE}

# Check container status details
kubectl get pod ${POD_NAME} -n ${NAMESPACE} -o yaml | yq '.status.containerStatuses'

# View pod logs
kubectl logs ${POD_NAME} -n ${NAMESPACE} -c ${CONTAINER_NAME}