Kubernetes init containers (initContainers)

• https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/pods/init-containers/#init-containers-in-use

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
 name: myapp-pod
 labels:
   app: myapp
spec:
 containers:
 - name: myapp-container
   image: busybox:1.28
   command: ['sh', '-c', 'echo The app is running! && sleep 3600']
 initContainers:
 - name: init-myservice
   image: busybox:1.28
   command: ['sh', '-c', "until nslookup myservice.$(cat /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/namespace).svc.cluster.local; do echo  waiting for myservice; sleep 2; done"]
 - name: init-mydb
   image: busybox:1.28
   command: ['sh', '-c', "until nslookup mydb.$(cat /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/namespace).svc.cluster.local; do echo waiting for mydb; sleep 2; done"]

kubectl get pod your-pod-name --template '{{.status.initContainerStatuses}}'

See also

• kind: [ Pod | Ingress | ClusterConfiguration | Config | ConfigMap | ServiceAccount | Deployment | List | Secret | Status ], spec: metadata: data:
• Pods: kubectl apply, kubectl [ pod get | top | delete | describe pods ], InitContainers, PodInitializing, CrashLoopBackOff, ImagePullPolicy:, NodeAffinity, NodeSelector, Terminated
• Containers, OCI: Docker (dockerd), containerd, runc, Podman, buildah, skopeo, lxd, Container Registry, Service mesh, Windows Server containers, Containerpilot, CoreOS, CAdvisor, Containers networking, Container scanning, cosign, CRI, CRI-O, initContainers, Sidecar container, Container images, latest