# Configure Quality of Service for Pods — Create a Pod that gets assigned a QoS class of Guaranteed

> For a Pod to be given a QoS class of Guaranteed Every Container in the Pod must have a memory limit and a memory request.

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## Knowledge

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For a Pod to be given a QoS class of Guaranteed

Every Container in the Pod must have a memory limit and a memory request. For every Container in the Pod, the memory limit must equal the memory request. Every Container in the Pod must have a CPU limit and a CPU request. For every Container in the Pod, the CPU limit must equal the CPU request.

These restrictions apply to init containers and app containers equally. Ephemeral containers cannot define resources so these restrictions do not apply.

Here is a manifest for a Pod that has one Container. The Container has a memory limit and a memory request, both equal to 200 MiB. The Container has a CPU limit and a CPU request, both equal to 700 milliCPU

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

View detailed information about the Pod

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

The output shows that Kubernetes gave the Pod a QoS class of Guaranteed. The output also verifies that the Pod Container has a memory request that matches its memory limit, and it has a CPU request that matches its CPU limit.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
spec:
  containers:
    ...
    resources:
      limits:
        cpu: 700m
        memory: 200Mi
      requests:
        cpu: 700m
        memory: 200Mi
    ...
status:
  qosClass: Guaranteed
```

If a Container specifies its own memory limit, but does not specify a memory request, Kubernetes automatically assigns a memory request that matches the limit. Similarly, if a Container specifies its own CPU limit, but does not specify a CPU request, Kubernetes automatically assigns a CPU request that matches the limit.

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