beginnerPods: Lifecycle, Init Containers & Sidecars

Pod in Running phase but 0/1 Ready with connection-refused errors

Phase Running only means the container process started. 0/1 Ready means the readiness probe is failing. Check the readiness probe configuration and startup logs.

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