# Configure Minimum and Maximum Memory Constraints for a Namespace — Create a LimitRange and a Pod

> Here's an example manifest for a LimitRange Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/admin/resource/memory-constraints.yaml --namespace=constraints-mem-example ``` View detailed information about the LimitRange Bounded code

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Here's an example manifest for a LimitRange

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/admin/resource/memory-constraints.yaml --namespace=constraints-mem-example
```

View detailed information about the LimitRange

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl get limitrange mem-min-max-demo-lr --namespace=constraints-mem-example --output=yaml
```

The output shows the minimum and maximum memory constraints as expected. But notice that even though you didn't specify default values in the configuration file for the LimitRange, they were created automatically.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
  limits:
  - default:
      memory: 1Gi
    defaultRequest:
      memory: 1Gi
    max:
      memory: 1Gi
    min:
      memory: 500Mi
    type: Container
```

Now whenever you define a Pod within the constraints-mem-example namespace, Kubernetes performs these steps

If any container in that Pod does not specify its own memory request and limit, the control plane assigns the default memory request and limit to that container.

Verify that every container in that Pod requests at least 500 MiB of memory.

Verify that every container in that Pod requests no more than 1024 MiB (1 GiB) of memory.

Here's a manifest for a Pod that has one container. Within the Pod spec, the sole container specifies a memory request of 600 MiB and a memory limit of 800 MiB. These satisfy the minimum and maximum memory constraints imposed by the LimitRange.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/admin/resource/memory-constraints-pod.yaml --namespace=constraints-mem-example
```

Verify that the Pod is running and that its container is healthy

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl get pod constraints-mem-demo --namespace=constraints-mem-example
```

View detailed information about the Pod

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl get pod constraints-mem-demo --output=yaml --namespace=constraints-mem-example
``` …

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