Kubernetes Cheatsheet

Creating Objects:Name Create resource

kubectl apply -f ./<file_name>.yaml

Create from multiple files

kubectl apply -f ./<file_name_1>.yaml -f ./<file_name_2>.yaml

Create all files in directory kubectl apply -f ./<directory_name>

kubectl apply -f https://<url> Create from url

Create pod
kubectl run <pod_name> --image <image_name>

Create pod, then expose it as service

kubectl run <pod_name> --image <image_name> --port <port> --expose

Create pod yaml file

kubectl run <pod_name> --image image_name --dry-run=client -o yaml > <file_name>.yaml

Create deployment
kubectl create deployment <deployment_name> --image <image_name>

Create deployment yaml file

kubectl create deployment <deployment_name> --image <image_name> --dry-run=client -o yaml >
<file_name>.yaml

Create service
kubectl create service <service-type> <service_name> --tcp=<port:target_port>

Create service yaml file

kubectl create service <service-type>
<service_name> --tcp=<port:target_port> --dryrun=client -o yaml > <file_name>.yaml

Expose service from pod/deployment

kubectl expose deployment <pod/deployment_name> -type=<service-type> --port <port> --target-port
<target_port>

Create config map from key-value

kubectl create configmap <configmap_name> --fromliteral=<key>:<value> --from-
literal=<key>:<value>

Create config map from file

kubectl create configmap <configmap_name> --fromfile=<file_name>

Create config map from env

kubectl create configmap <configmap_name> --from-envfile=<file_name> file

Create secret from keyvalue

kubectl create secret generic <secret_name> --fromliteral=<key>:<value> --from
literal=<key>:<value>

Create secret from file

kubectl create secret generic <secret_name> --fromfile=<file_name>

kubectl create job <job_name> --image=<image_name>

Create job Create job from cronjob

kubectl create job <job_name> -from=cronjob/<cronjob-name>

Create cronjob
kubectl create cronjob --image=<image_name> -schedule='<cron-syntax>' -- <command> <args>

Monitoring Usage Commands:Name Command

Get node cpu and memory utilization
kubectl top node <node_name>

Get pod cpu and memory utilization

kubectl top pods <pod_name>

Node Commands:Name Describe node Command

kubectl describe node <node_name>

Get node in yaml kubectl get node <node_name> -o yaml

kubectl get node <node_name>

Get node Drain node

kubectl drain node <node_name>

Cordon node
kubectl cordon node <node_name>

Uncordon node
kubectl uncordon node <node_name>

Pod Commands:Name Get pod Command

kubectl get pod <pod_name>

kubectl get pod <pod_name> -o yaml

Get pod in yaml

Get pod wide

kubectl get pod <pod_name> -o wide

information Get pod with watch

kubectl get pod <pod_name> -w
kubectl edit pod <pod_name>

Edit pod Describe pod

kubectl describe pod <pod_name>

Delete pod
kubectl delete pod <pod_name>

Log pod
kubectl logs pod <pod_name>

Tail -f pod
kubectl logs pod -f <pod_name>

Execute into pod Command

kubectl exec -it pod <pod_name> /bin/bash

Running Temporary kubectl run <pod_name> --image=curlimages/curl --rm -it -Image restart=Never --
curl <destination>

Deployment Commands:Name Get deployment

Get deployment in
yaml
Get deployment
wide information
Edit deployment
Describe
deployment
Delete deployment

Command
kubectl get deployment <deployment_name>

Log deployment
kubectl logs deployment/deployment_name -f

Update image
kubectl set image deployment <deployment_name> <container_name>=<new_image_name>

Scale deployment with replicas

kubectl scale deployment <deployment_name> --replicas <replicas>

kubectl get deployment <deployment_name> -o yaml

kubectl get deployment <deployment_name> -o wide
kubectl edit deployment <deployment_name>
kubectl describe deployment <deployment_name>
kubectl delete deployment <deployment_name>

Service Commands:Name Get service

kubectl get service <service>
Get service in yaml
kubectl get service <service> -o yaml

Get service wide information

kubectl get service <service> -o wide

kubectl edit service <service>

Edit service

Describe service
kubectl describe service <service>

Delete service
kubectl delete service <service>

Endpoints Commands:Name Command

Get endpoints
kubectl get endpoints <endpoints_name>
Ingress Commands:Name

Command
Get ingress
kubectl get ingress
Get ingress in yaml
kubectl get ingress -o yaml
Get ingress wide information kubectl get ingress -o wide
kubectl edit ingress <ingress_name>
Edit ingress
Describe ingress

kubectl describe ingress <ingress_name>

Delete ingress

kubectl delete ingress <ingress_name>

DaemonSet Commands:Name
Get daemonset

Command
kubectl get daemonset <daemonset_name>

Get daemonset in yaml kubectl get daemonset <daemonset_name> -o yaml

kubectl edit daemonset <daemonset_name>
Edit daemonset
Describe daemonset

kubectl describe daemonset <daemonset_name>

Delete daemonset

kubectl delete deployment <daemonset_name>

StatefulSet Commands:Name
Get statefulset

Command
kubectl get statefulset <statefulset_name>

Get statefulset in yaml kubectl get statefulset <statefulset_name> -o yaml

kubectl edit statefulset <statefulset_name>
Edit statefulset
Describe statefulset

kubectl describe statefulset <statefulset_name>

Delete statefuleset
kubectl delete statefulset <statefulset_name>

ConfigMaps Commands:Name
Get configmap

Command
kubectl get configmap <configmap_name>

Get configmap in yaml kubectl get configmap <configmap_name> -o yaml

kubectl edit configmap <configmap_name>
Edit configmap
Describe configmap

kubectl describe configmap <configmap_name>

Delete configmap

kubectl delete configmap <configmap_name>

Secret Commands:Name
Get secret

Command
kubectl get secret <secret_name>

Get secret in yaml kubectl get secret <secret_name> -o yaml

kubectl edit secret <secret_name>
Edit secret
Describe secret

kubectl describe secret <secret_name>

Delete secret

kubectl delete secret <secret_name>

Rollout Commands:Name
Restart deployment
Undo deployment with
the latest revision

Command
kubectl rollout restart deployment <deployment_name>

Undo deployment with

specified revision

kubectl rollout undo deployment <deployment_name> --torevision <revision_number>

Get all revisions of

deployment

kubectl rollout history deployment <deployment_name>

kubectl rollout undo deployment <deployment_name>

Get specified revision of kubectl rollout history deployment <deployment_name> -deployment

revision=<revision_number>

Job Commands:Name
Get job

Command
kubectl get job <job_name>

Get job in yaml kubectl get job <job_name> -o yaml

Edit job in yaml kubectl edit job <job_name>
Describe job
kubectl describe job <job_name>

Delete job

kubectl delete job <job_name>

Cronjob Commands:Name
Get cronjob

Command
kubectl get cronjob cronjob_name

Get cronjob in yaml kubectl get cronjob <cronjob_name> -o yaml

Edit cronjob Command

kubectl edit cronjob <cronjob_name>

Describe cronjob
kubectl describe cronjob <cronjob_name>

Delete cronjob
kubectl delete cronjob <cronjob_name>

Network Policy Commands:Name

Get networkpolicy

Command
kubectl get networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name>

Edit networkpolicy

kubectl get networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name> o yaml

kubectl get networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name> o wide
kubectl edit networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name>

Describe networkpolicy
kubectl describe networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name>

Delete networkpolicy
kubectl delete networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name>

Get networkpolicy in yaml

Get networkpolicy wide
information

Labels and Selectors Commands:Name

Show labels of node,pod and
deployment
Attach labels to
<node/pod/deployment>

Command
kubectl get <node/pod/deployment> --showlabels
kubectl label <node/pod/deployment>
<pod_name> <key>=<value>

Remove labels from <node/pod/deployment>

kubectl label <node/pod/deployment> <pod_name> <key>-

Select node,pod and deployment by using labels

kubectl get <node/pod/deployment> -l <key>=<value>