Why does my cluster stay in a pending state?

Virtual Private Cloud Classic infrastructure

When you deploy your cluster, it remains in a pending state and doesn't start.

If you just created the cluster, the worker nodes might still be configuring. If you already wait for a while, you might have an invalid VLAN.

You can try one of the following solutions:

• Check the status of your cluster by running ibmcloud ks cluster ls. Then, check to be sure that your worker nodes are deployed by running ibmcloud ks worker ls --cluster <cluster_name>.

• Check to see whether your VLAN is valid. To be valid, a VLAN must be associated with infrastructure that can host a worker with local disk storage. You can list your VLANs by running ibmcloud ks vlan ls --zone <zone> if the VLAN does not show in the list, then it is not valid. Choose a different VLAN.

If the issue persists, contact support. Open a support case. In the case details, be sure to include any relevant log files, error messages, or command outputs.