{{< highlight yaml >}} apiVersion: v1alpha1 kind: KubeStaticPodConfig name: nginx # Name of the static pod.

Static pods can be used to run components which should be started before the Kubernetes control plane is up.

pod: apiVersion: v1 kind: Pod metadata: name: nginx spec: containers: - image: nginx name: nginx {{< /highlight >}}

Field	Type	Description
`name`	string	Name of the static pod.
`pod`	Unstructured	Static pods can be used to run components which should be started before the Kubernetes control plane is up.
Talos doesn't validate the pod definition.
Updates to this field can be applied without a reboot.