# Pods remain pending **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Tags:** development\ **Created:** [November 26, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/pods-remain-pending/13831 "2020-11-26T04:12:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jasperf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.kubernetes.io/jasperf/32/4524_2.png) [@jasperf](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/jasperf)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 4:12am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/pods-remain-pending/13831/1 "2020-11-26T04:12:36Z")
Getting pending for my launched pods: ```auto kubectl get pods --all-namespaces NAMESPACE NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE kube-system coredns-66bff467f8-hmgfm 1/1 Running 4 176d kube-system coredns-66bff467f8-wlph7 1/1 Running 4 176d kube-system etcd-minikube 1/1 Running 0 91m kube-system kube-apiserver-minikube 1/1 Running 0 91m kube-system kube-controller-manager-minikube 1/1 Running 6 176d kube-system kube-proxy-6ghsb 1/1 Running 4 176d kube-system kube-scheduler-minikube 1/1 Running 6 176d kube-system storage-provisioner 1/1 Running 8 176d kubernetes-dashboard dashboard-metrics-scraper-84bfdf55ff-sw5n7 1/1 Running 4 176d kubernetes-dashboard kubernetes-dashboard-696dbcc666-mg5m9 1/1 Running 7 176d smt-prod web-d8b69f76f-d5qj6 0/4 Pending 0 3m28s smt-prod web-d8b69f76f-t792t 0/4 Pending 0 3m28s ``` Seems pods cannot be found… ```auto kubectl describe pod web-d8b69f76f-d5qj6 Error from server (NotFound): pods "web-d8b69f76f-d5qj6" not found ``` and deployment not available ```auto ubectl get deployments --all-namespaces NAMESPACE NAME READY UP-TO-DATE AVAILABLE AGE kube-system coredns 2/2 2 2 176d kubernetes-dashboard dashboard-metrics-scraper 1/1 1 1 176d kubernetes-dashboard kubernetes-dashboard 1/1 1 1 176d smt-prod web 0/2 2 0 12m ``` the deployment used is > using Docker Images from Docker Hub I set up there myself. When I check events I do not see anything helpful as of yet ```auto kubectl get events LAST SEEN TYPE REASON OBJECT MESSAGE 34m Normal RegisteredNode node/minikube Node minikube event: Registered Node minikube in Controller 37m Warning FailedGetScale horizontalpodautoscaler/web deployments/scale.apps "web" not found 4m19s Warning FailedGetScale horizontalpodautoscaler/web deployments/scale.apps "web" not found ``` Why do these new deployments remain pending? How to remedy this? ---
**Author:** ![jasperf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.kubernetes.io/jasperf/32/4524_2.png) [@jasperf](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/jasperf)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2020, 4:23am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/pods-remain-pending/13831/2 "2020-11-26T04:23:11Z")
Seems to loads the pod’s description I had to add the namespace as well. Here it is now ```auto smt-deploy git:(main) ✗ kubectl describe pod web-d8b69f76f-d5qj6 -n smt-prod Name: web-d8b69f76f-d5qj6 Namespace: smt-prod Priority: 0 Node: Labels: app=web pod-template-hash=d8b69f76f tier=backend Annotations: Status: Pending IP: IPs: Controlled By: ReplicaSet/web-d8b69f76f Init Containers: install: Image: busybox Port: 9000/TCP Host Port: 0/TCP Command: wget -O /code/index.php https://raw.githubusercontent.com/do-community/php-kubernetes/master/index.php Limits: cpu: 500m Requests: cpu: 250m Environment: Mounts: /code from code (rw) /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount from default-token-4cv6p (ro) Containers: laravel: Image: smart48/smt-laravel:latest Port: Host Port: Environment: Mounts: /code from code (rw) /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount from default-token-4cv6p (ro) workspace: Image: smart48/smt-workspace:latest Port: 22/TCP Host Port: 0/TCP Environment: Mounts: /code from code (rw) /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount from default-token-4cv6p (ro) laravel-horizon: Image: smart48/smt-laravel-horizon:latest Port: Host Port: Command: /usr/local/bin/php artisan horizon Environment: Mounts: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount from default-token-4cv6p (ro) nginx: Image: smart48/smt-nginx:latest Port: 80/TCP Host Port: 0/TCP Environment: Mounts: /code from code (rw) /etc/nginx/conf.d from config (rw) /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount from default-token-4cv6p (ro) Conditions: Type Status PodScheduled False Volumes: code: Type: PersistentVolumeClaim (a reference to a PersistentVolumeClaim in the same namespace) ClaimName: code ReadOnly: false config: Type: ConfigMap (a volume populated by a ConfigMap) Name: nginx-config Optional: false default-token-4cv6p: Type: Secret (a volume populated by a Secret) SecretName: default-token-4cv6p Optional: false QoS Class: Burstable Node-Selectors: Tolerations: node.kubernetes.io/not-ready:NoExecute for 300s node.kubernetes.io/unreachable:NoExecute for 300s Events: Type Reason Age From Message ---- ------ ---- ---- ------- Warning FailedScheduling default-scheduler persistentvolumeclaim "code" not found Warning FailedScheduling default-scheduler persistentvolumeclaim "code" not found ``` And with `kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=NAMESPACE` I can set my namespace default I found out at [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54902676/can-i-set-a-default-namespace-in-kubernetes](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54902676/can-i-set-a-default-namespace-in-kubernetes) . So I used `kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=smt-prod` and now I can “forget” the namespace. So it seems my Persistent Volume Claim code cannot be found. So I removed the deployments and rebuilt them after I had the persistent volume claim set up. But now I am seeing ```auto Type Reason Age From Message ---- ------ ---- ---- ------- Warning FailedScheduling default-scheduler running "VolumeBinding" filter plugin for pod "web-d8b69f76f-2b9fp": pod has unbound immediate PersistentVolumeClaims Warning FailedScheduling default-scheduler running "VolumeBinding" filter plugin for pod "web-d8b69f76f-2b9fp": pod has unbound immediate PersistentVolumeClaims ``` Perhaps because I have ```auto --- apiVersion: v1 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim metadata: name: code spec: accessModes: - ReadWriteOnce resources: requests: storage: 50Gi storageClassName: do-block-storage ``` and locally I need a local path and no DigitalOcean Storage class name. But how? And why would I need a PVC if the Docker Image uses a work directory or its own PVC? What is wisdom here?