# Pods fail to start

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/pods-fail-to-start/38108>\
**Category:** k3s, k3OS, and k3d\
**Created:** [June 8, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/pods-fail-to-start/38108 "2022-06-08T16:53:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![HG1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/hg1/32/9088_2.png) [@HG1](https://forums.suse.com/u/HG1)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2022, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/pods-fail-to-start/38108/1 "2022-06-08T16:53:50Z")

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Hi all  
I have created a k3s environment in order to run AWX on it.

But some pods keep restarting and stay in CrashLoopBackOff.  
See below

What am I doing wrong?  
Any advice?

```auto
Jun 8 18:03:59 linuxol7k3s k3s: E0608 18:03:59.312939 14090 pod_workers.go:951] "Error syncing pod, skipping" err="failed to \"StartContainer\" for \"traefik\" with CrashLoopBackOff: \"back-off 5m0s restarting failed container=traefik pod=traefik-df4ff85d6-2sfzh_kube-system(a1a09915-e6de-4eb7-af18-5656d8ff3bf9)\"" pod="kube-system/traefik-df4ff85d6-2sfzh" podUID=a1a09915-e6de-4eb7-af18-5656d8ff3bf9

Jun 8 18:03:59 linuxol7k3s k3s: E0608 18:03:59.815645 14090 resource_quota_controller.go:413] unable to retrieve the complete list of server APIs: [metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1](http://metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1): the server is currently unable to handle the request

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**Author:** ![HG1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/hg1/32/9088_2.png) [@HG1](https://forums.suse.com/u/HG1)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2022, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/pods-fail-to-start/38108/2 "2022-07-21T10:18:43Z")

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I needed to reboot the virtual machine.