Verify whether the probe endpoint behaves as expected.
Section: Readiness, Liveness, and Startup Probes
Port-forward and test HTTP probe locally
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kubectl port-forward pod/<pod> -n <namespace> 8080:<container-port>Learn the surrounding workflow
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Inspect configured probes
View readiness, liveness, and startup probe definitions.
See probe failure events
Describe a pod and inspect event messages for failing probes.
Run the probe command manually
Validate probe behavior inside the container context.
Call a probe endpoint after port-forward
Use curl locally against the forwarded health endpoint.