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Cheat Sheet Kubernetes

Kubectl is a command-line tool used to interact with Kubernetes clusters. It allows users to perform various operations such as deploying and managing applications, inspecting cluster resources, and accessing logs and debugging information.

Pods

List pods 

kubectl get pods

List pods interactively 

kubectl get pods --watch

Get full pod detail from the cluster store 

kubectl get pods <pod-name> -o yaml

Formatted multi-line overview of an object 

kubectl describe pods <pod-name>
Execute a command inside a pod 
kubectl exec <pod-name> -- <command>
Open a shell inside a pod 
kubectl -it <pod-name> -- sh

  • -itmakes the session interactive and connects STDIN and STDOUT to your own shell.

Context

View current kubectl context 

kubectl config current-conext

Change context 

kubectl config user-context another-context