Pod remains in init state

Last Updated : Sep 21, 2020 |

Condition

A pod remains in initialization (init) state after deployment and displays the following message:

Failed create pod sandbox.

Solution

Procedure

  1. Log in to the Cluster Control Manager (CCM) console as the customer user.
  2. Switch to being the root user by entering the command su.
  3. To restart the pod, run the following command:

    kubectl delete pod <pod-name>, where pod name is the name of the pod in init state. For example, kubectl delete pod alarming-db-common-services-7d64b69879-7drdq

  4. To confirm that the pod is functional, run the following commands:

    kubetl get pods