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What a Pod Is (and Is Not)

Hands-on example​

Assume:

  • A working Kubernetes cluster
  • kubectl is configured

Initial state​

No Pods exist.

kubectl get pods
No resources found in default namespace.

Step 1: Create a Pod directly​

Create a Pod from an inline manifest.

kubectl run demo-pod --image=nginx --restart=Never
pod/demo-pod created

Check the Pod.

kubectl get pods
NAME       READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
demo-pod   1/1     Running   0          5s

What changed:

  • A single Pod exists and is running

What did not change:

  • No controller is managing this Pod

Step 2: Delete the Pod​

kubectl delete pod demo-pod
pod "demo-pod" deleted

Check again.

kubectl get pods
No resources found in default namespace.

What changed:

  • The Pod is gone

What did not change:

  • Nothing recreated it

Key observation​

  • A Pod does not come back once deleted
  • If you need automatic restarts or scaling, do not create Pods directly