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kubectl — Run commands against Kubernetes clusters. Some subcommands such as `run` have their own usage docume

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Problem

How to use the kubectl command: Run commands against Kubernetes clusters. Some subcommands such as run have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/>.

Solution

kubectl — Run commands against Kubernetes clusters. Some subcommands such as run have their own usage documentation. More information: <https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/>.

List information about a resource with more details:

kubectl get {{pods|service|deployment|ingress|...}} {{[-o|--output]}} wide

Update specified pod with the label unhealthy and the value true:

kubectl label pods {{name}} unhealthy=true

List all resources with different types:

kubectl get all

Display resource (CPU/Memory/Storage) usage of nodes or pods:

kubectl top {{pods|nodes}}

Print the address of the master and cluster services:

kubectl cluster-info

Display an explanation of a specific field:

kubectl explain {{pods.spec.containers}}

Print the logs for a container in a pod or specified resource:

kubectl logs {{pod_name}}

Run command in an existing pod:

kubectl exec {{pod_name}} -- {{ls /}}

Code Snippets

List information about a resource with more details

kubectl get {{pods|service|deployment|ingress|...}} {{[-o|--output]}} wide

Update specified pod with the label `unhealthy` and the value `true`

kubectl label pods {{name}} unhealthy=true

List all resources with different types

kubectl get all

Display resource (CPU/Memory/Storage) usage of nodes or pods

kubectl top {{pods|nodes}}

Print the address of the master and cluster services

kubectl cluster-info

Context

tldr-pages: common/kubectl

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