title: Cronjob in Kubernetes to restart (delete) the pod in a deployment
body: <p>I am using Kubernetes to run a Docker service. This is a defective service that requires a restart everyday. For multiple reasons we can't programmatically solve the problem and just restarting the docker everyday will do.
  When I migrated to Kubernetes I noticed I can't do "docker restart [mydocker]" but as the docker is a deployment with reCreate strategy I just need to delete the pod to have Kubernetes create a new one.</p>
  
  <p>Can I automate this task of deleting the Pod, or an alternative one to restart it, using a CronTask in Kubernetes?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for any directions/examples.</p>
  
  <p>Edit: My current deployment yml:</p>
  
  <pre><code>apiVersion: v1
  kind: Service
  metadata:
    name: et-rest
    labels:
      app: et-rest
  spec:
    ports:
      - port: 9080
        targetPort: 9080
        nodePort: 30181
    selector:
      app: et-rest
      tier: frontend
    type: NodePort
  ---
  apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
  kind: Deployment
  metadata:
    name: et-rest
    labels:
      app: et-rest
  spec:
    strategy:
      type: Recreate
    template:
      metadata:
        labels:
          app: et-rest
          tier: frontend
      spec:
        containers:
        - image: et-rest-image:1.0.21
          name: et-rest
          ports:
          - containerPort: 9080
            name: et-rest
          volumeMounts:
          - name: tz-config
            mountPath: /etc/localtime
        volumes:
        - name: tz-config
          hostPath:
            path: /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Madrid
  </code></pre>