# StatefulSet Basics — This should already be running

> kubectl get pods --watch -l app=nginx NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE web-0 1/1 Running 0 11m web-1 1/1 Running 0 27m NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE web-0 1/1 Terminating 0 12m web-1 1/1 Terminating 0 29m web-0 0/1 Terminating 0 12m web-0 0/1 Terminating 0 12m web-0 0/1 Terminating 0 12m web-1 0/1 Te

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kubectl get pods --watch -l app=nginx

NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE web-0 1/1 Running 0 11m web-1 1/1 Running 0 27m NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE web-0 1/1 Terminating 0 12m web-1 1/1 Terminating 0 29m web-0 0/1 Terminating 0 12m web-0 0/1 Terminating 0 12m web-0 0/1 Terminating 0 12m web-1 0/1 Terminating 0 29m web-1 0/1 Terminating 0 29m web-1 0/1 Terminating 0 29m

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```text
As you saw in the [Scaling Down](#scaling-down) section, the Pods
are terminated one at a time, with respect to the reverse order of their ordinal
indices. Before terminating a Pod, the StatefulSet controller waits for
the Pod's successor to be completely terminated.

{{&lt; alert color="info" title="Note" &gt;}}
Although a cascading delete removes a StatefulSet together with its Pods,
the cascade does **not** delete the headless Service associated with the StatefulSet.
You must delete the `nginx` Service manually.
{{&lt; /alert &gt;}}
```

kubectl delete service nginx

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
Recreate the StatefulSet and headless Service one more time:
```

service/nginx created statefulset.apps/web created

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```text
When all of the StatefulSet's Pods transition to Running and Ready, retrieve
the contents of their `index.html` files:
```

for i in 0 1; do kubectl exec -i -t "web-$i" -- curl done

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```text
Even though you completely deleted the StatefulSet, and all of its Pods, the
Pods are recreated with their PersistentVolumes mounted, and `web-0` and
`web-1` continue to serve their hostnames.

Finally, delete the `nginx` Service...
```

kubectl delete service nginx

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```text
...and the `web` StatefulSet:
```

kubectl delete statefulset web

statefulset "web" deleted

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