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Kubectl Commands Cheat Sheet by PhoenixNAP

This document provides a cheat sheet of common kubectl commands for listing, describing, creating, deleting, executing commands on, and modifying Kubernetes resources and the kubeconfig file. It lists commands for getting information on pods, nodes, replication controllers and other resources. It also includes commands for describing resources, creating resources from files, deleting resources by label or name, executing commands in pods, and modifying the kubeconfig context and cluster entries.

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Kubectl Commands Cheat Sheet by PhoenixNAP

This document provides a cheat sheet of common kubectl commands for listing, describing, creating, deleting, executing commands on, and modifying Kubernetes resources and the kubeconfig file. It lists commands for getting information on pods, nodes, replication controllers and other resources. It also includes commands for describing resources, creating resources from files, deleting resources by label or name, executing commands in pods, and modifying the kubeconfig context and cluster entries.

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kubectl Commands Cheat Sheet

Listing Resources Displaying the State of Resources Printing Container Logs

kubectl get namespaces Generate a plain-text list of kubectl describe nodes See details about a kubectl logs [pod-name] Print logs from a pod
all namespaces [node-name] particular node
kubectl logs -f [pod-name] Stream logs from a pod
kubectl get pods Generate a plain-text list of kubectl describe pods See details about a
all pods [pod-name] particular pod
Resource Types - Short Names
kubectl get pods -o wide Generate a detailed Kubectl describe –f pod.json See details about a pod
plain-text list of all pods whose name and type are
listed in pod.json Short name Full name
kubectl get pods Generate a list of all pods
--field-selector=spec. running on a particular kubectl describe pods See details about all pods csr certificatesigningrequests
nodeName=[server-name] node server [replication-controller-name] managed by a specific
replication controller
cs componentstatuses
kubectl get List a specific replication
replicationcontroller controller in plain text kubectl describe pods See details about all pods
[replication-controller- cm configmaps
name]
ds daemonsets
Deleting Resources
kubectl get Generate a plain-text list of
replicationcontroller, all replication controllers deploy deployments
services and services kubectl delete -f pod.yaml Remove a pod using the
name and type listed in
ep endpoints
kubectl get deamonset Generate a plain-text list of pod.yaml:
all daemon sets
kubectl delete pods,services Remove all the pods and ev events
-l [label-key]=[label-value] services with a specific
label: hpa horizontalpodautoscalers
Creating a Resource
kubectl delete pods --all Remove all pods. The ing ingresses
kubectl create namespace Create a new namespace command will include
[namespace-name] uninitialized pods as well
limits limitranges

kubectl create –f [filename] Create a resource from a


JSON or YAML file ns namespaces
Executing a Command
no nodes
kubectl exec [pod-name] -- Receive output from a
Applying & Updating a Resource [command] command run on the first pvc persistentvolumeclaims
container in a pod:
kubectl apply -f Create a new service with
pv persistentvolumes
[service-name].yaml the definition contained in kubectl exec [pod-name] -c Receive output from a
[service-name].yaml [container-name] -- command run on a specific
po pods
[command] container in a pod
kubectl apply -f Create a new replication
[controller-name].yaml controller with the kubectl exec -ti [pod-name] -- Run /bin/bash from a pdb poddisruptionbudgets
definition contained in /bin/bash specific pod. The output
[controller-name].yaml received comes from the psp podsecuritypolicies
first container
kubectl apply -f Create the objects defined rs replicasets
[directory-name] in any .yaml, .yml, or .json
file in a directory Modifying kubeconfig Files rc replicationcontrollers
kubectl edit svc/ Edit a service
[service-name] kubectl config Display the current context quota resourcequotas
current-context
KUBE_EDITOR=” Edit a service in a sa serviceaccounts
[editor-name]” kubectl edit non-default editor kubectl config set-cluster Set a cluster entry in
svc/[service-name] [cluster-name] --server= kubeconfig svc services
[server-name]

kubectl config unset Unset an entry in


[property-name] kubeconfig

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