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kubectl logs — Show logs for containers in a pod. More information: <https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/g

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Problem

How to use the kubectl logs command: Show logs for containers in a pod. More information: <https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/generated/kubectl_logs/>.

Solution

kubectl logs — Show logs for containers in a pod. More information: <https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/generated/kubectl_logs/>.

Show logs for a single-container pod:

kubectl logs {{pod_name}}

Show logs for a specified container in a pod:

kubectl logs {{[-c|--container]}} {{container_name}} {{pod_name}}

Show logs for all containers in a pod:

kubectl logs --all-containers={{true}} {{pod_name}}

Stream pod logs:

kubectl logs {{[-f|--follow]}} {{pod_name}}

Show pod logs newer than a relative time like 10s, 5m, or 1h:

kubectl logs --since {{relative_time}} {{pod_name}}

Show the 10 most recent logs in a pod:

kubectl logs --tail {{10}} {{pod_name}}

Show all pod logs for a given deployment:

kubectl logs {{[deploy|deployment]}}/{{deployment_name}}

Code Snippets

Show logs for a single-container pod

kubectl logs {{pod_name}}

Show logs for a specified container in a pod

kubectl logs {{[-c|--container]}} {{container_name}} {{pod_name}}

Show logs for all containers in a pod

kubectl logs --all-containers={{true}} {{pod_name}}

Stream pod logs

kubectl logs {{[-f|--follow]}} {{pod_name}}

Show pod logs newer than a relative time like `10s`, `5m`, or `1h`

kubectl logs --since {{relative_time}} {{pod_name}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/kubectl logs

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