Kube Quick Tip 02: Running a Pod on a Specific Node

September 8, 2018

When debugging problems with Kubernetes Nodes its often helpful to be able to bypass the scheduler and run a Pod on a specific Node.

Here’s how:

$ kubectl run -it --rm test                        \
    --restart=Never                                \
    --image=ubuntu:18.04                           \
    --overrides='{"spec":{"nodeName": "my-node"}}' \
    /bin/bash