kubectl

Command-line interface for running commands against Kubernetes clusters.

Some subcommands such as `kubectl run` have their own usage documentation.

• List information about a resource with more details:

kubectl get {pod|service|deployment|ingress|...} -o wide

• Update specified pod with the label 'unhealthy' and the value 'true':

kubectl label pods {name} unhealthy=true

• List all resources with different types:

kubectl get all

• Display resource (CPU/Memory/Storage) usage of nodes or pods:

kubectl top {pod|node}

• Print the address of the master and cluster services:

kubectl cluster-info

• Display an explanation of a specific field:

kubectl explain {pods.spec.containers}

• Print the logs for a container in a pod or specified resource:

kubectl logs {pod_name}

• Run command in an existing pod:

kubectl exec {pod_name} -- {ls /}

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