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kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager.

Find more information at: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/overview/

Basic Commands (Beginner):

• create - Create a resource from a file or from stdin.
• expose - Take a replication controller, service, deployment or pod and expose it as a new Kubernetes Service
• run - Run a particular image on the cluster
• set - Set specific features on objects

Basic Commands (Intermediate):

• explain - Documentation of resources
• get - Display one or many resources
• edit - Edit a resource on the server
• delete - Delete resources by filenames, stdin, resources and names, or by resources and label selector

Deploy Commands - Deploy:

• rollout - Manage the rollout of a resource
• scale - Set a new size for a Deployment, ReplicaSet or Replication Controller
• autoscale - Auto-scale a Deployment, ReplicaSet, or ReplicationController

Cluster Management Commands - Cluster:

• certificate Modify certificate resources. * [[cluster-info Display cluster info * [[top - Display Resource (CPU/Memory/Storage) usage.
• cordon - Mark node as unschedulable
• uncordon - Mark node as schedulable
• drain - Drain node in preparation for maintenance
• taint - Update the taints on one or more nodes

Troubleshooting and Debugging Commands - Troubleshooting and Debugging Commands:

• describe - Show details of a specific resource or group of resources
• logs - Print the logs for a container in a pod
• attach - Attach to a running container
• exec - Execute a command in a container
• port-forward Forward one or more local ports to a pod * [[proxy - Run a proxy to the Kubernetes API server
• cp -]] - Copy files and directories to and from containers.
• auth - Inspect authorization

Advanced Commands:

• diff - Diff live version against would-be applied version
• apply - Apply a configuration to a resource by filename or stdin
• patch - Update field(s) of a resource using strategic merge patch
• replace - Replace a resource by filename or stdin
• wait - Experimental: Wait for a specific condition on one or many resources.
• convert - Convert config files between different API versions
• kustomize - Build a kustomization target from a directory or a remote url.

Settings Commands - Settings:

• label - Update the labels on a resource
• annotate - Update the annotations on a resource
• completion Output shell completion code for the specified shell (bash or zsh)

Other Commands:

• alpha - Commands for features in alpha
• api-resources Print the supported API resources on the server * [[api-versions Print the supported API versions on the server, in the form of "group/version" * [[config - Modify kubeconfig files
• plugin - Provides utilities for interacting with plugins.
• version - Print the client and server version information