# Create static Pods — Run this command on the node where the kubelet is running

> Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```text The output might be something like: ``` CONTAINER IMAGE CREATED STATE NAME ATTEMPT POD ID 129fd7d382018 docker.io/library/nginx@sha256:...

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## Knowledge

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```text
The output might be something like:
```

CONTAINER IMAGE CREATED STATE NAME ATTEMPT POD ID 129fd7d382018 docker.io/library/nginx@sha256:... 11 minutes ago Running web 0 34533c6729106

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{{&lt; note &gt;}}
`crictl` outputs the image URI and SHA-256 checksum. `NAME` will look more like:
`docker.io/library/nginx@sha256:0d17b565c37bcbd895e9d92315a05c1c3c9a29f762b011a10c54a66cd53c9b31`.
{{&lt; /note &gt;}}

You can see the mirror Pod on the API server:
```

NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE static-web-my-node1 1/1 Running 0 2m

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{{&lt; note &gt;}}
Make sure the kubelet has permission to create the mirror Pod in the API server.
If not, the creation request is rejected by the API server.
{{&lt; /note &gt;}}

{{&lt; glossary_tooltip term_id="label" text="Labels" &gt;}} from the static Pod are
propagated into the mirror Pod. You can use those labels as normal via
{{&lt; glossary_tooltip term_id="selector" text="selectors" &gt;}}, etc.

If you try to use `kubectl` to delete the mirror Pod from the API server,
the kubelet _doesn't_ remove the static Pod:
```

kubectl delete pod static-web-my-node1

pod "static-web-my-node1" deleted

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You can see that the Pod is still running:
```

NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE static-web-my-node1 1/1 Running 0 4s

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Back on your node where the kubelet is running, you can try to stop the container manually.
You'll see that, after a time, the kubelet will notice and will restart the Pod
automatically:
```

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