2 min read | by Jordi Prats
When we create a deployment we set how many replicas want for that pod but what happens if we delete on of the pods?
Let's assume we have a deployment that is managing the following pods:
$ kubectl get pods NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE demo-997c454df-4drld 1/1 Running 4 11d demo-997c454df-slx8k 1/1 Running 4 11d We can delete one of the pods using kubectl delete:
$ kubectl delete pod demo-997c454df-4drld pod "demo-997c454df-4drld" deleted If we check the deployment, the deployment controller will notice the missing pod (notice the READY column)
$ kubectl get deploy demo pod "demo-997c454df-slx8k" deleted NAME READY UP-TO-DATE AVAILABLE AGE demo 1/2 2 1 11d After a while it will spawn a new pod so that the number of replicas reaches the desired state:
$ kubectl get pods NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE demo-997c454df-7qflv 0/1 ContainerCreating 0 9s demo-997c454df-slx8k 1/1 Running 4 11d Once the new pod is ready we will be able to see that the deployment is back to 2/2:
$ kubectl get pods NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE demo-997c454df-6t4bg 1/1 Running 0 72s demo-997c454df-shm8b 1/1 Running 0 39s $ kubectl get deploy demo NAME READY UP-TO-DATE AVAILABLE AGE demo 2/2 2 2 11d Posted on 23/02/2021