Hello, Kubernetes. See which pod answered.

A small web app to deploy on your cluster. Its page shows the namespace, pod and node that answered each request.

Try one:DefaultYour messageBehind an Ingress4 pods across nodes

helm install demo oci://ghcr.io/paulbouwer/charts/hello-kubernetes --wait

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Paste it into a terminal with access to your cluster. All the ways to deploy →

http://hello.example.com/

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kubectl get pods -o custom-columns=NAME:.metadata.name,STATUS:.status.phase,NODE:.spec.nodeName

NAME                                     STATUS    NODE
hello-kubernetes-demo-bmnfwh29t6-h62sw   Running   worker-1
hello-kubernetes-demo-bmnfwh29t6-4hj72   Running   worker-2

Reload the page: the Service sends each request to one of 2 pods.

Features

• Shows which pod answered

  The page names the namespace, pod and node, so you can watch a Service spread requests.

• Works behind an Ingress or a Gateway

  The chart creates an Ingress or an HTTPRoute under any path prefix.

• Secure by default

  Non-root, read-only, and within the restricted Pod Security Standard.

• Helm, kubectl or Kustomize

  One chart, one release file, and the config builder for the rest.

• amd64 and arm64

  One image for both, signed, with an SBOM, on Docker Hub and GHCR.

Get started

Read the quick startOpen the config builder