title: kubernetes deployment- container not starting- error- InvalidImageName
body: <p>Below is the Kubernetes deployment yaml file <code>-container</code> image section:</p>
  
  <pre><code>image: https://registry.ng.bluemix.net/****/test-service:test-branch-67
  
  imagePullPolicy: Always
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Below is the error message after deploying:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>ubuntu@ip-xxxx:~$ kubectl logs test-deployment-69c6d8xxx -n test</p>
    
    <p>Error from server (BadRequest): container "test-deployment" in pod "test-deployment-ccccxxx" is waiting to start: InvalidImageName</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Another error log:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Failed to apply default image tag "<a href="https://registry.ng.bluemix.net/test/test-service:test-branch-66" rel="noreferrer">https://registry.ng.bluemix.net/test/test-service:test-branch-66</a>": couldn't parse image reference "<a href="https://registry.ng.bluemix.net/test/test-service:test-branch-66" rel="noreferrer">https://registry.ng.bluemix.net/test/test-service:test-branch-66</a>": invalid reference format</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Any idea why the pod is not coming up?</p>