Troubleshooting
This page contains a list of common errors you may encounter using Humanitec and explains how to resolve them.
If your workloads do not appear when you go to add workloads to an environment, even though you have connected your CI pipeline, then please check the following:
- Have you added the snippet to your pipeline configuration to send the image to Humanitec? Is the YAML formatted properly?
- Have you added the Humanitec API token as a variable for your repository?
- Have you triggered a new build after following the previous steps?
If you've done all of this and it still doesn't work, then please contact support.
Here are some common reasons why your environment could fail to deploy with Humanitec using the Humanitec-managed cluster.
The Kubernetes connection error may occur if Humanitec fails to connect to the Kubernetes API, or if the connection succeeds but Kubernetes fails to execute the deployment request.
- Try clicking the deployment button again.
- If the error persists, then please send a help request.
When Kubernetes begins to create pods for your workloads, the pod could break due to an improper configuration in the workload's Dockerfile or its configurations.
Check to see if your workload's Dockerfile runs properly. You can see this in the Humanitec interface by going to your app, clicking on the workload, and going to its Logs section.
If your app depends on a resource not deployed with Humanitec, such as an external database or API, and Humanitec cannot connect to it, then the deployment will fail.
- We recommend enabling logging in your app. You can view these logs in the Humanitec interface by going to your app, clicking on the workload, and then going to its Logs section.
In order for a workload to be accessible via a DNS name, Ingress needs to be configured. You can check to see if Ingress is configured by opening the Workload details screen of the Active Deployment. The Ingress, if configured, should be below Resource dependencies in the left hand column. The DNS name should be shown on the card.

Ingress, if configured, should be below Resource dependencies in the left hand column.
If there are not Ingress cards in the Ingress section, add one. See Expose Workload with a Public URL.
This is most often caused by incorrect Ingress configuration. Ensure that the port Ingress is configured to on the workload is being listened to by one of the services in a container in that workload.
If the request has a certificate error, there can be a number of causes:
This case is most commonly caused by a conflict between the default ingress controller and the user installed one. If you have set up your own
ingress
resource definition, ensure that the class
field is correctly provided. An example of setting the class
field for ingress-nginx is here:curl -X PATCH -H "Authorization: Bearer $HUMANITEC_TOKEN" -d '{
"driver_inputs": {
"values": {
"class": "nginx"
}
}
}' https://api.humanitec.io/orgs/${HUMANITEC_ORG}/resources/dynamic/${DEFINITION_ID}
Replace
HUMANITEC_TOKEN
, HUMANITEC_ORG
and DEFINITION_ID
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