openshift-docs/modules/troubleshooting-general-describe-pod.adoc

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= Describing a pod

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To troubleshoot pod issues and view detailed information about a pod in {product-title}, you can describe a pod using the `oc describe pod` command. The *Events* section in the output provides detailed information about the pod and the containers inside of it.

.Procedure

* Describe a pod by running the following command:
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[source,terminal]
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$ oc describe pod -n <namespace> busybox-1
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.Example output
[source,terminal]
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Name:             busybox-1
Namespace:        busy
Priority:         0
Service Account:  default
Node:             worker-3/192.168.0.0
Start Time:       Mon, 27 Nov 2023 14:41:25 -0500
Labels:           app=busybox
                  pod-template-hash=<hash>
Annotations:      k8s.ovn.org/pod-networks:
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Events:
  Type    Reason   Age                   From     Message
  ----    ------   ----                  ----     -------
  Normal  Pulled   41m (x170 over 7d1h)  kubelet  Container image "quay.io/quay/busybox:latest" already present on machine
  Normal  Created  41m (x170 over 7d1h)  kubelet  Created container busybox
  Normal  Started  41m (x170 over 7d1h)  kubelet  Started container busybox
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