kubectl Commands Cheat Sheet
Listing Resources
kubectl get namespaces
kubectl get pods
kubectl get pods -o wide
kubectl get pods
--field-selector=spec.
nodeName=[server-name]
kubectl get
replicationcontroller
[replication-controller-
name]
kubectl get
replicationcontroller,
services
kubectl get deamonset
Creating a Resource
kubectl create namespace
[namespace-name]
kubectl create –f [filename]
Applying & Updating a Resource
kubectl apply -f
[service-name].yaml
kubectl apply -f
[controller-name].yaml
kubectl apply -f
[directory-name]
kubectl edit svc/
[service-name]
KUBE_EDITOR=”
[editor-name]” kubectl edit
svc/[service-name]
Displaying the State of Resources
Generate a plain-text list of
all namespaces
Generate a plain-text list of
all pods
Generate a detailed
plain-text list of all pods
Generate a list of all pods
running on a particular
node server
List a specific replication
controller in plain text
Generate a plain-text list of
all replication controllers
and services
Generate a plain-text list of
all daemon sets
Create a new namespace
Create a resource from a
JSON or YAML file
Create a new service with
the definition contained in
[service-name].yaml
Create a new replication
controller with the
definition contained in
[controller-name].yaml
Create the objects defined
in any .yaml, .yml, or .json
file in a directory
Edit a service
Edit a service in a
non-default editor
Printing Container Logs
kubectl describe nodes See details about a kubectl logs [pod-name] Print logs from a pod
[node-name] particular node
kubectl logs -f [pod-name] Stream logs from a pod
kubectl describe pods See details about a
[pod-name] particular pod
Resource Types - Short Names
Kubectl describe –f pod.json See details about a pod
whose name and type are
listed in pod.json Short name Full name
kubectl describe pods See details about all pods csr certificatesigningrequests
[replication-controller-name] managed by a specific
replication controller
cs componentstatuses
kubectl describe pods See details about all pods
cm configmaps
ds daemonsets
Deleting Resources
deploy deployments
kubectl delete -f pod.yaml Remove a pod using the
name and type listed in
ep endpoints
pod.yaml:
kubectl delete pods,services Remove all the pods and ev events
-l [label-key]=[label-value] services with a specific
label: hpa horizontalpodautoscalers
kubectl delete pods --all Remove all pods. The ing ingresses
command will include
uninitialized pods as well
limits limitranges
ns namespaces
Executing a Command
no nodes
kubectl exec [pod-name] -- Receive output from a
[command] command run on the first pvc persistentvolumeclaims
container in a pod:
pv persistentvolumes
kubectl exec [pod-name] -c Receive output from a
[container-name] -- command run on a specific
po pods
[command] container in a pod
kubectl exec -ti [pod-name] -- Run /bin/bash from a pdb poddisruptionbudgets
/bin/bash specific pod. The output
received comes from the psp podsecuritypolicies
first container
rs replicasets
Modifying kubeconfig Files rc replicationcontrollers
kubectl config Display the current context quota resourcequotas
current-context
sa serviceaccounts
kubectl config set-cluster Set a cluster entry in
[cluster-name] --server= kubeconfig svc services
[server-name]
kubectl config unset Unset an entry in
[property-name] kubeconfig