Not able to ping any ip inside the pod

unable to access remote database

Hi Can you please shed some more light on your problem, esp from where you are trying to ping and what the failure message look like etc. When does it work ad when it doesn’t etc. Sharing your screen logs might help.
If you are trying to remotely access your stateful set (DB) deployment or pod running in your private cluster, you may need a VPN solution.
Read this article on how to remotely access your pod or app or DB or cluster:

https://www.socketxp.com/docs/guide/kubernetes-cluster-remote-access.html#sidecar-container