Kubernetes Troubleshooting: Pod Crashes, Networking, and Resources
Introduction Kubernetes troubleshooting can be challenging due to its distributed nature and multiple abstraction layers. This guide covers the most common issues and systematic approaches to diagnosing and fixing them.
Pod Crash Loops Understanding CrashLoopBackOff What it means: The pod starts, crashes, restarts, and repeats in an exponential backoff pattern.
Diagnostic Process Step 1: Check pod status
kubectl get pods -n production # Output: # NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE # myapp-7d8f9c6b5-xyz12 0/1 CrashLoopBackOff 5 10m Step 2: Describe the pod
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