Kubectl

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kubectl is a command line interface for running commands against Kubernetes clusters.[1]

To install in MacOS execute: brew install kubernetes-cli


kubectl info commands

  • Verify running Pods:
  • Fetch metrics for PODNAME pod kubectl top pod PODNAME

kubectl operation commands

kubectl command reference

The following table includes short descriptions and the general syntax for all of the kubectl operations:[2]

  • Apply kubectl apply -f FILENAME [flags]. Apply a configuration change to a resource from a file or stdin. Allows to create a Pod.
  • Attach kubectl attach POD -c CONTAINER [-i] [-t] [flags]:Attach to a running container either to view the output stream or interact with the container (stdin)
  • Auto Scale kubectl autoscale (-f FILENAME \| TYPE NAME \| TYPE/NAME) [--min=MINPODS] --max=MAXPODS [--cpu-percent=CPU] [flags]: Automatically scale the set of pods that are managed by a replication controller


  • Cluster Info kubectl cluster-info [flags] :Display endpoint information about the master and services in the cluster
  • Create kubectl create -f FILENAME [flags]: Create one or more resources from a file or stdin
    • kubectl create namespace myexamplenamespace
    • kubectl create sa my_new_user (Create service account for your my_new_user)
    • kubectl create -f mypod.yaml


  • Config: kubectl config .../...
    • kubectl config view
  • Delete kubectl delete (-f FILENAME \| TYPE [NAME \| /NAME \| -l label \| --all]) [flags] :Delete resources
    • kubectl delete --all namespaces
  • Describe kubectl describe (-f FILENAME \| TYPE [NAME_PREFIX \| /NAME \| -l label]) [flags] : Detailed state of one or more resources.
    • kubectl describe pod MyPodName
    • kubectl describe pods
    • kubectl describe replicaset MyReplicaName
  • Edit kubectl edit (-f FILENAME \| TYPE NAME \| TYPE/NAME) [flags] : Edit and update the definition of one or more resources on the server by using the default editor.
  • Execute kubectl exec POD [-c CONTAINER] [-i] [-t] [flags] [-- COMMAND [args...]]: Execute a command against a container in a pod
  • Logs kubectl logs POD [-c CONTAINER] [--follow] [flags]: Print the logs for a container in a pod.
    • kubectl logs -l app=elasticsearch (using labels: -l)
  • Replace: kubectl replace --force -f yml_file_describing_pod.yml
  • Proxy: kubectl proxy --port=8080[3]
  • Run kubectl run NAME --image=image [--env="key=value"] [--port=port] [--replicas=replicas] [--dry-run=bool] [--overrides=inline-json] [flags]: Run a specified image on the cluster.
  • Scale: kubectl scale deployment YOUR_DEPLOYMENT_NAME
  • Stop kubectl stop
  • Version kubectl version [--client] [flags]: Display the Kubernetes version running on the client and server.

Activities

See also


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