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# Graceful Node ShutDown is Not Working.

## Problem

* Graceful NodeShutdown is not working for the PMK cluster nodes.
* Pods on the cluster node gets stuck in the Terminating state after unexpected shutdown even after graceful shutdown is configured.

## Environment

* Platform9 Managed Kubernetes – All Versions
* Cluster Node OS: RHEL7, CentOS7
* Cluster Node systemd version earlier than `systemd 251`

## Cause

* There is an upstream [issue](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/112443) with the systemd where the `systemd inhibitors` are not honoured by the systemd.
* Due to this the cluster nodes never shutdown gracefully, instead they shutdown immediately as soon as the underlying system shutdown event has occurred.
* This further results in failure of pod/container graceful shutdown and the pods remain in the terminating state even after configuration of graceful node shutdown.

## Resolution

* Upgrade the systemd version on the affected nodes to `systemd 251` or beyond that.


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