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Volcengine Kubernetes Engine

Pods

Managing pods

You can perform operations on created pods based on your business requirements, such as updating and deleting pods. This topic describes how to manage pods.

Updating a Pod

You can modify the configurations of a created pod by using the console or a YAML file.

Go to the pod management page.

In the left navigation bar, click Cluster.

On the Cluster page, click the name of the target cluster.

In the left navigation bar of the cluster management page, click Workload > Pod.

In the Actions column that corresponds to the target pod, click ... > Edit Yaml.

For details about configuration information in the YAML file, see Creating pods.

After the configurations are updated, click Confirm.

Viewing monitoring data

You can be quickly redirected to the Cloud Monitor console in VKE console to view the monitoring data of pods.

Go to the pod management page.

In the left navigation bar, click Cluster.

On the Cluster page, click the name of the target cluster.

In the left navigation bar of the cluster management page, click Workload > Pod.

In the Actions column that corresponds to the target pod, click ... > View monitoring.

View pod monitoring data on the monitoring page. For a description of container-related metrics, see Cloud service metrics.

After the configurations are updated, click Confirm.

Exporting files

You can quickly export the YAML file of a pod in the console.

Go to the pod management page.

In the left navigation bar, click Cluster.

On the Cluster page, click the name of the target cluster.

In the left navigation bar of the cluster management page, click Workload > Pod.

In the Actions column that corresponds to the target pod, click ... > Export to export the YAML file to your on-premises computer.

Deleting pods

You can delete pods based on your business requirements.

danger

After you delete a pod, the service may become unavailable. Proceed with caution.

Go to the pod management page.

In the left navigation bar, click Cluster.

On the Cluster page, click the name of the target cluster.

In the left navigation bar of the cluster management page, click Workload > Pod.

Delete a pod or multiple pods at the same time.

Delete a pod

After you select a namespace on the Pod page, find the pod that you want to delete and click ... > Delete in the Actions column.

Delete multiple pods at the same time

After you select a namespace on the Pod page, select the names of multiple pods, and click Delete below the pod list.

In the message that appears, click Delete to delete the pod.

Diagnostics Pod

Pod diagnostics can help users identify potential risks in pods within the VKE cluster, such as high pod load and abnormal pod status.

Go to the pod management page.

In the left navigation bar, click Cluster.

On the Cluster page, click the name of the target cluster.

In the left navigation bar of the cluster management page, click Workload > Pod.

In the Actions column that corresponds to the target pod, click ... > Diagnosis.

You are redirected to the Diagnosis page to configure the diagnostics task for the pod. For details, see Pod diagnostics.

Logging in to pods

You can quickly log in to a pod to perform interactive operations in a container.

Go to the pod management page.

In the left navigation bar, click Cluster.

On the Cluster page, click the name of the target cluster.

In the left navigation bar of the cluster management page, click Workload > Pod.

Click the name of the target pod to go to the pod details page.

In the upper right corner of the pod details page, click Console to log in to the container for interactive operations.

You can also execute the kubectl exec -it {your_container_name} -- /bin/bash command in the cluster to perform interactive operations.

tip

To precisely control the access permissions of users or roles on the pods, you can use the Identity and Access Management (IAM) service to define access control policies to prohibit unauthorized access. For details, see Access control based on IAM for VKE console.

Last updated: 2026.07.24 14:51:37