id: pod
name: Pod
full-link: /docs/concepts/workloads/pods/pod-overview/
related:
- container
- sidecar
- deployment
- statefulset
tags:
- core-object
- fundamental
short-description: >
  The smallest and simplest Kubernetes object. A Pod represents a set of running {% glossary_tooltip text="containers" term_id="container" %} on your cluster.
long-description: >
  A Pod is typically set up to run a single primary container.
  It can also run optional sidecar containers that add supplementary features like logging.
  Pods are commonly managed by a {% glossary_tooltip term_id="deployment" %}.