Kubernetes Evicted Pods — Why It Happens and How to Fix It (2026)
Pods suddenly showing 'Evicted' status in Kubernetes? Here's every reason nodes evict pods and exactly how to prevent it from happening again.
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Apr 4, 20263 min readRead
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Nginx Ingress 502 Bad Gateway — How to Fix It (2026)
Getting 502 Bad Gateway from your Nginx Ingress Controller? Here's every cause and the exact fix for each one.
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Apr 3, 20262 min readRead
AWS IAM Permission Denied Errors — How to Fix Every Variant (2026)
Getting 'Access Denied' or 'is not authorized to perform' errors in AWS? Here's how to diagnose and fix every IAM permission issue — EC2, EKS, Lambda, S3, and CLI.
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Apr 2, 20264 min readRead
Helm Values Not Updating After helm upgrade — How to Fix It (2026)
Your helm upgrade ran successfully but nothing changed in the cluster. Here's every reason this happens and how to fix each one.
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Apr 1, 20264 min readRead
GitHub Actions vs GitLab CI vs CircleCI — Which One Should You Use in 2026?
Comparing the three most popular CI/CD platforms head-to-head: features, pricing, speed, and when to pick each one in 2026.
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Mar 31, 20264 min readRead
kubectl exec: Permission Denied — How to Fix It (2026)
Getting 'permission denied' when running kubectl exec? Here are all the real reasons it happens and exactly how to fix each one.
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Mar 31, 20264 min readRead
Helm Upgrade Failed: Another Operation is in Progress — Fix It Fast
Getting 'Error: UPGRADE FAILED: another operation (install/upgrade/rollback) is in progress' in Helm? Here's exactly why it happens and how to fix it in under 2 minutes.
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Mar 30, 20263 min readRead
Kubernetes HPA Not Scaling: Why Your Pods Refuse to Scale and How to Fix It
Kubernetes HPA not scaling your pods? Walk through every root cause — missing metrics, wrong resource requests, cooldown periods — and fix each one systematically.
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Mar 30, 20265 min readRead
AWS ALB Showing Unhealthy Targets — How to Fix It
Fix AWS Application Load Balancer unhealthy targets. Covers health check misconfigurations, security group issues, target group problems, and EKS-specific ALB controller debugging.
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Mar 29, 20266 min readRead
Terraform Plan Shows Unexpected Destroy — How to Fix It
Fix Terraform plan showing unexpected resource destruction. Covers state drift, provider upgrades, import mismatches, lifecycle rules, and safe recovery strategies.
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Mar 28, 20265 min readRead
Kubernetes PDB Blocking Node Drain — How to Fix It Without Breaking Availability
Fix PodDisruptionBudget misconfigurations that block kubectl drain during cluster upgrades, node maintenance, and autoscaler operations. Real scenarios and step-by-step solutions.
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Mar 27, 20267 min readRead
Kubernetes DNS Resolution Failures — How to Fix CoreDNS Issues
Fix Kubernetes DNS resolution failures caused by CoreDNS misconfigurations, ndots issues, and pod DNS policies. Real troubleshooting scenarios with step-by-step solutions.
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Mar 26, 20265 min readRead
Helm Upgrade Failed: 'has no deployed releases' — How to Fix in 2026
Fix the common Helm error 'has no deployed releases' that blocks upgrades. Step-by-step diagnosis and 4 proven solutions including history cleanup and force replacement.
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Mar 24, 20265 min readRead
Kubernetes Pods Stuck in Terminating State: How to Fix It in 2026
Pods won't delete and stuck in Terminating? Here's how to diagnose finalizers, graceful shutdown issues, and force-delete stuck pods step by step.
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Mar 23, 20267 min readRead
Kubernetes VPA Keeps Evicting Pods? Fix It with In-Place Resize in 1.35
VPA restarting your pods every time it adjusts resources? Here's how to stop the evictions using Kubernetes 1.35's In-Place Pod Resize feature.
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Mar 22, 20264 min readRead
Ingress-NGINX Is Being Retired: How to Migrate to Gateway API Before It Breaks
Ingress-NGINX is officially being retired. Your ingress rules will stop working. Here's the step-by-step migration plan to Kubernetes Gateway API before it's too late.
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Mar 21, 20264 min readRead
ArgoCD Application Stuck OutOfSync or Progressing: Complete Fix Guide
ArgoCD app won't sync? Stuck in OutOfSync or Progressing state forever? Here's every cause and how to fix each one step by step.
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Mar 20, 20265 min readRead
GitHub Actions 'No Space Left on Device': How to Fix Runner Disk Issues
GitHub Actions failing with 'no space left on device'? Here's how to free disk space on runners, optimize Docker builds, and handle large monorepos.
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Mar 20, 20265 min readRead
Terraform Plan Succeeds But Apply Fails: How to Fix State Drift and Provider Errors
Your terraform plan looks clean but apply blows up? Here's how to fix provider conflicts, state drift, and dependency errors step by step.
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Mar 19, 20265 min readRead
Kubernetes DNS Not Working: How to Fix CoreDNS Failures in Production
Pods can't resolve hostnames? Getting NXDOMAIN or 'no such host' errors? Here's how to diagnose and fix CoreDNS issues in Kubernetes step by step.
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Mar 18, 20265 min readRead
Kubernetes ImagePullBackOff: Every Cause and Fix Explained
ImagePullBackOff is one of the most common Kubernetes errors. This guide covers every root cause — wrong image names, missing auth, network issues, rate limits — with step-by-step debugging and fixes.
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Mar 17, 20267 min readRead
cert-manager Certificate Not Ready: Causes and Fixes
cert-manager Certificate stuck in a non-Ready state is a common Kubernetes TLS issue. This guide covers every root cause — DNS challenges, RBAC, rate limits, and issuer problems — with step-by-step fixes.
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Mar 16, 20266 min readRead
AWS EKS Pods Stuck in Pending State: Causes and Fixes
Pods stuck in Pending on EKS are caused by a handful of known issues — insufficient node capacity, taint mismatches, PVC problems, and more. Here's how to diagnose and fix each one.
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Mar 15, 20266 min readRead
GitLab CI Pipeline Keeps Failing? Here's How to Debug and Fix It
GitLab CI pipelines fail for dozens of reasons. This guide walks through the most common errors — from Docker-in-Docker issues to missing variables — and shows you exactly how to fix them.
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Mar 14, 20265 min readRead
Terraform Error Acquiring the State Lock: Causes and Fix
Terraform state lock errors can block your entire team. Learn why they happen, how to safely unlock state, and how to prevent lock conflicts for good.
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Mar 13, 20266 min readRead
Kubernetes OOMKilled: How I Fixed Out of Memory Errors in Production
OOMKilled crashes killing your pods? Here's the real cause, how to diagnose it fast, and the exact steps to fix it without breaking production.
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Mar 12, 20265 min readRead
Why Your Docker Container Keeps Restarting (and How to Fix It)
CrashLoopBackOff, OOMKilled, exit code 1, exit code 137 — Docker containers restart for specific, diagnosable reasons. Here is how to identify the exact cause and fix it in minutes.
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Mar 11, 20266 min readRead
Kubernetes Pod Stuck in Pending State: Every Cause and Fix (2026)
Your pod says Pending and nothing is happening. Here's how to diagnose every possible reason — insufficient resources, taints, PVC issues, node selectors — and fix them fast.
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Mar 11, 20267 min readRead
Helm Chart Debugging Guide: 10 Common Errors and How to Fix Them (2026)
Helm upgrade failing silently? Release stuck in pending state? This guide covers the 10 most common Helm errors DevOps engineers hit in production — with exact commands and fixes.
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Mar 10, 202610 min readRead
CI/CD Pipeline Is Broken: How to Debug and Fix GitHub Actions, Jenkins & ArgoCD Failures (2026)
Your CI/CD pipeline failed and you don't know why. This complete debugging guide covers GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and ArgoCD failures with real error messages and step-by-step fixes.
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Mar 8, 202611 min readRead
Kubernetes Troubleshooting Guide 2026: Fix Every Common Problem
The most complete Kubernetes troubleshooting guide for 2026. Learn how to diagnose and fix Pod crashes, ImagePullBackOff, OOMKilled, CrashLoopBackOff, networking issues, PVC problems, node NotReady, and more — with exact kubectl commands.
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Mar 6, 202612 min readRead