Troubleshooting: 9.1.17.0 registry pod stuck at container creating status

Problem

When running helm upgrade on HCL Commerce production environment 9.1.17.0, the registry pod gets stuck at ContainerCreating status.

Solution

Choose one of the following solutions for your HCL Commerce production environment:

• Solution 1:

  Delete the registry pod that is stuck in the ContainerCreating status using the following command.

  kubectl delete pod <registry-pod-name> -n <namespace>

• Solution 2:

  Update the registry-app.yaml file located in hcl-commerce-helmchart/stable/hcl-commerce/templates/registry/

  Replace the following line: replicas: {{ .Values.registryApp.replica }} with

  replicas: 1
  strategy:
    type: Recreate

Result

The stuck registry pod is now starting successfully.