Kubernetes is a tool that facilitates rapid deployment of software. Unfortunately, configuring Kubernetes is prone to errors.

Configuration defects are not uncommon and can result in serious consequences. This paper reports an empirical study about

configuration defects in Kubernetes with the goal of helping practitioners detect and prevent these defects. We study 719 defects that

we extract from 2,260 Kubernetes configuration scripts using open source repositories. Using qualitative analysis, we identify 15