Start and Stop Kubernetes Services

Proper Stop/Start Cycle

1. Stop services:

sudo systemctl stop kubelet
sudo systemctl stop containerd

2. Verify stopped:

systemctl status kubelet
systemctl status containerd

How to Confirm They’re Really Dow

# Check kubelet process
ps -ef | grep kubelet

# Check container runtime process
ps -ef | grep containerd

# List running containers (if using containerd)
sudo crictl ps

# If using Docker runtime
sudo docker ps

3. Start services again:

sudo systemctl start containerd
sudo systemctl start kubelet

4. Verify Recovery

After a minute or two, check again:

kubectl get nodes
kubectl get pods -n kube-system
kubectl get componentstatuses