Manage Pods

Restart or delete running Pods, and access containers via exec terminal.

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Step 1. Find the Pod in the list

1. In the left menu, select Workloads → Pods.
2. Click the action button (⋮) at the right end of the target Pod row.

The Pod action menu includes:

Menu item	Description
Execute shell	Shell (exec) access to the Pod container
Delete	Delete the Pod

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Restart a Pod

To restart a Pod managed by a Deployment, StatefulSet, or DaemonSet:

1. Click Delete from the action menu.
2. Confirm in the dialog by clicking Confirm.

INFO

Deleting a controller-managed Pod causes the controller to immediately create a replacement. This effectively restarts the Pod.

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Delete a Pod

WARNING

Deleting a standalone Pod (no controller) is permanent — it will not be recreated automatically.

1. Click Delete from the action menu.
2. Confirm in the dialog.

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exec terminal (Execute shell)

Access a container shell directly in the browser.

Method 1: From the Pod list

1. Click Execute shell from the Pod's action menu.
2. A browser terminal opens.

Method 2: From the Pod detail page

1. Click the Pod name link to open the detail page.
2. Click the Terminal tab.
3. For multi-container Pods, select the target container from the dropdown.

# Example commands after connecting
/ # ls /app
/ # env | grep DATABASE
/ # exit

TIP

If the container uses a distroless or minimal image without /bin/sh or /bin/bash, terminal access is not available.

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Pod detail information

Click the Pod name to view:

Tab	Description
Overview	Pod IP, node, start time, status
Containers	Image, ports, and status per container
Logs	Container log streaming
Terminal	exec shell access
Events	Scheduling failures, image pull errors, etc.

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Next steps

• View Pod logs →
• Update a Deployment →