Hi all, can anyone help me with this problem. When creating a pod I get this err . . .

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george damiris:
Hi all, can anyone help me with this problem. When creating a pod I get this error

Warning FailedMount 17m (x40 over 82m) kubelet MountVolume.SetUp failed for volume “kube-api-access-w49h5” : mkdir /var/lib/kubelet/pods: no such file or directory
Warning Failed 2m37s (x374 over 82m) kubelet error making pod data directories: mkdir /var/lib/kubelet/pods: no such file or directory

The pod is stuck in ContainerCreating phase I have no idea what is going on. Can somebody help or point me to the right direction?

#2

Tej Singh Rana:
The error message you’re encountering indicates that the Kubernetes kubelet component is unable to create the necessary directories for your pod. Specifically, it’s failing to create the directory “/var/lib/kubelet/pods” because it does not exist.

To resolve this issue, you can try the following steps:

  1. Check the kubelet service: Ensure that the kubelet service is running and functioning correctly on the node where you’re creating the pod. You can check the status of the kubelet service using the following command:
   systemctl status kubelet

If it’s not running, start the kubelet service using:

   systemctl start kubelet

  1. Verify the kubelet configuration: Check the kubelet configuration file located at /etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf and ensure that the staticPodPath property is correctly set. It should point to the correct directory where kubelet stores pod data. By default, it should be set to /var/lib/kubelet/pods. If the directory doesn’t exist, create it manually.

  2. Check the permissions and ownership: Ensure that the directory /var/lib/kubelet/pods has the correct permissions and ownership. The owner should be set to the user running the kubelet process, and the permissions should allow the kubelet process to create directories and files within it. You can set the correct ownership and permissions using the following commands:

   chown -R kubelet:kubelet /var/lib/kubelet/pods
   chmod 750 /var/lib/kubelet/pods
  1. Restart kubelet: After making any changes to the kubelet configuration or permissions, restart the kubelet service to apply the changes:
   systemctl restart kubelet

Once you have performed these steps, try creating the pod again and see if the issue is resolved. If the problem persists, please provide more details about your environment, such as the Kubernetes version, the method you’re using to create the pod, and any relevant configuration files.