A pod definition is a declaration of a _desired state_. Desired state is a very important concept in the Kubernetes model. Many things present a desired state to the system, and it is Kubernetes' responsibility to make sure that the current state matches the desired state. For example, when you create a Pod, you declare that you want the containers in it to be running. If the containers happen to not be running (e.g. program failure, ...), Kubernetes will continue to (re-)create them for you in order to drive them to the desired state. This process continues until the Pod is deleted.
A pod definition is a declaration of a _desired state_. Desired state is a very important concept in the Kubernetes model. Many things present a desired state to the system, and it is Kubernetes' responsibility to make sure that the current state matches the desired state. For example, when you create a Pod, you declare that you want the containers in it to be running. If the containers happen to not be running (e.g. program failure, ...), Kubernetes will continue to (re-)create them for you in order to drive them to the desired state. This process continues until the Pod is deleted.
See the [design document](../../../DESIGN.md) for more details.
See the [design document](../../design/README.md) for more details.
