kubectl describe explained: what to look for on Pods and Deployments
kubectl describe vs get: how to read Pod and Deployment output, Events, Conditions, lastState, and which command to run next. Optional kprompt examples.
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Kubernetes troubleshooting playbooks: CrashLoopBackOff, ImagePullBackOff, OOMKilled, and more. 11 articles.
kubectl describe vs get: how to read Pod and Deployment output, Events, Conditions, lastState, and which command to run next. Optional kprompt examples.
A real on-call walkthrough: checkout pods stuck in CrashLoopBackOff, how we read the previous logs and events with kprompt, and why the fix still waited for human approve.
How to read kubectl get pods output — READY, STATUS, RESTARTS, AGE — what CrashLoopBackOff and Pending mean, and which kubectl command to run next.
Practical shortlist of AI tools for Kubernetes troubleshooting: K8sGPT for scans, intent CLIs for explain/plan, kubectl for evidence — with an honest mutation checklist.
How to use AI on Kubernetes Pods safely: explain CrashLoopBackOff and ImagePullBackOff with kubectl, K8sGPT, or an intent CLI — without piping model output straight into apply.
CrashLoopBackOff is a symptom, not a cause. How the restart backoff works, what exit codes tell you, the kubectl ladder for finding the real failure, and how to apply a bounded fix you actually reviewed.
ImagePullBackOff means the container never started. How ErrImagePull differs from CrashLoopBackOff, what Events tell you, common causes (bad tag, private registry, rate limit), and how to fix it without guessing.
Edge-case prompt scenarios for Kubernetes AI CLIs — wipe jokes, unscoped deletes, ambiguous resource names, missing tools, secrets reads, scale-to-zero, and --approve traps — with what kprompt does today.
A playbook of real incident prompts for Kubernetes — what to type when pods crash, images fail to pull, memory kills, wipe-class mistakes, RBAC denials, and latency spikes — with kprompt examples that stay plan-before-apply.
A practical guide to OOMKilled in Kubernetes — exit 137, Last State, memory requests vs limits, kubectl checks, and how kprompt explain can suggest a reviewable memory patch.
A practical guide to Kubernetes troubleshooting — CrashLoopBackOff, deployments not ready, image pull errors, and rollbacks — using kubectl workflows and natural-language explains with kprompt.