kubectl
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kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager.
Find more information at: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/overview/
Basic kubectl 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
Basic kubectl Commands (Intermediate):
- explain Get documentation for a resource
- get Display one or many resources
- edit Edit a resource on the server
- delete Delete resources by file names, stdin, resources and names, or
by resources and label selector
- rollout Manage the rollout of a resource
- scale Set a new size for a deployment, replica set, or replication
controller
- autoscale Auto-scale a deployment, replica set, stateful set, or
replication controller
kubectl Cluster Management Commands:
- certificate Modify certificate resources.
- cluster-info Display cluster information
- top Display resource (CPU/memory) 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
kubectl 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
- debug Create debugging sessions for troubleshooting workloads and
nodes
- diff Diff the live version against a would-be applied version
- apply Apply a configuration to a resource by file name or stdin
- patch Update fields of a resource
- replace Replace a resource by file name or stdin
- wait Experimental: Wait for a specific condition on one or many
resources
- kustomize Build a kustomization target from a directory or URL.
- 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:
- 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
Usage:
kubectl [flags] [options]
Use “kubectl <command> –help” for more information about a given command. Use “kubectl options” for a list of global command-line options (applies to all commands).