Runpod•2y ago

Possible to terminate pod from Within the pod?

I know you can terminate pod from “outside” with runpodctl- but are there any options for a pod to self-terminate, triggered by its own docker image?
Or, am I approaching this wrong and ‘best practice’ is to have your pods giving status updates back to and being managed by a script on your main PC w/ runpodctl?

Solution

One of them is

RUNPOD_POD_ID

RUNPOD_POD_ID

which you can use to remove/terminate/kill the pod.

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Marcus•7/28/24, 7:24 PM

https://docs.runpod.io/references/runpodctl/runpodctl_remove_pod

Remove Pod | RunPod Documentation

runpodctl remove pod

Marcus•7/28/24, 7:24 PM

runpodctl remove pod $RUNPOD_POD_ID

runpodctl remove pod $RUNPOD_POD_ID

Madiator2011•7/28/24, 8:05 PM

yes with runpodctl

RRollyPolly I know you can terminate pod from “outside” with runpodctl- but are there any op...

Quicksilver•7/29/24, 11:16 AM

A bit of a whacky idea, but what about installing runpodctl on the pod, and calling it from inside the pod, through maybe subprocess.

This may be completely wrong tho

Madiator2011 (Work)•7/29/24, 11:28 AM

runpodctl is preinstalled on all pods

Madiator2011 (Work)•7/29/24, 11:28 AM

No need for manual install

MMadiator2011 (Work)runpodctl is preinstalled on all pods 🙂

RollyPollyOP•7/29/24, 8:20 PM

in addition to whatever custom docker image you mount on it?
Are you then able to, from a pod; read its own ID and have it kill itself?

Marcus•7/29/24, 8:25 PM

Yes

Marcus•7/29/24, 8:26 PM

Read what I said above

Marcus•7/29/24, 8:26 PM

runpodctl remove pod $RUNPOD_POD_ID

runpodctl remove pod $RUNPOD_POD_ID

Marcus•7/29/24, 8:26 PM

RunPod automatically injects some environment variables into a pod, with a

RUNPOD_

RUNPOD_

prefix.

Solution

Marcus•7/29/24, 8:27 PM

One of them is

RUNPOD_POD_ID

RUNPOD_POD_ID

which you can use to remove/terminate/kill the pod.

MMarcus RunPod automatically injects some environment variables into a pod, with a `RUNP...

RollyPollyOP•7/29/24, 8:28 PM

I see! Thanks for the clarification, I was under the assumption the ID wasnt accessible from within the pod, that it was just some handle for runpodctl to manage it from one layer above

Marcus•7/29/24, 8:28 PM

https://docs.runpod.io/pods/references/environment-variables

Pod environment variables | RunPod Documentation

Configure and manage your pods with these essential environment variables, including pod ID, API key, host name, GPU and CPU count, public IP, SSH port, data center ID, volume ID, CUDA version, current working directory, PyTorch version, and public SSH key.

Marcus•7/29/24, 8:29 PM

The template just needs to export the environment variables in order for them to be accessible everywhere, many do but not all.

RollyPollyOP•7/29/24, 8:30 PM

I'm using my own DIY docker image, not a template, but that shouldn't be too hard to figure and add in

Possible to terminate pod from Within the pod?

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