<p>Is there a way to see why a kubernetes pod is failing with the status "craskLoopBackOff" under a heavy load?</p>

<p>I have a HorizontalPodAutoscaler which never kicks in. In its status it always shows low (Under 50%) cpu and memory usage.</p>

<p>Tailing the application logs within the pods doesnt give any insights either.</p>

<p>Try looking at the Kubernetes events <code>kubectl get events --sort-by='.lastTimestamp'</code></p>

<p>If you don't get anything meaningful out of events go to the specific node and see the kubelet logs <code>journalctl -u kubelet</code></p>
