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Five Forgotten Kubectl Commands 1680104793

The document highlights five lesser-known kubectl commands that can enhance user interaction with Kubernetes clusters. These commands include 'explain' for resource documentation, 'api-resources' for listing available API resources, 'config' for modifying kubeconfig files, 'cp' for copying files to and from containers, and 'replace' for replacing Kubernetes resources. The author, Jakub Krzywda, is a Senior Cloud Native Engineer and encourages readers to engage with him on the topic of Kubernetes and related technologies.

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Five Forgotten Kubectl Commands 1680104793

The document highlights five lesser-known kubectl commands that can enhance user interaction with Kubernetes clusters. These commands include 'explain' for resource documentation, 'api-resources' for listing available API resources, 'config' for modifying kubeconfig files, 'cp' for copying files to and from containers, and 'replace' for replacing Kubernetes resources. The author, Jakub Krzywda, is a Senior Cloud Native Engineer and encourages readers to engage with him on the topic of Kubernetes and related technologies.

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JAKUB KRZYWDA

@jakubkrzywda

Five forgotten

KUBECTL COMMANDS

You wish you


knew them
before!
kubectl is the Kubernetes
command-line tool.
It allows you to directly interact
with Kubernetes clusters!
Typically, kubectl is used to:
● deploy applications
● inspect and manage cluster
resources
● view logs
There are however a few more
commands that often stay
unnoticed even though they
might be very useful…

Here I list my favourite five…


1. explain

Get documentation of Kubernetes


resources. Dig deeper within their
structure using a YAML path expression.
For example:
kubectl explain service.spec.type

will provide you with a list of possible


Service types and their descriptions!
2. api-resources

List the API resources available in the


Kubernetes cluster.
Filter them by scope, API group, etc.
For example:
kubectl api-resources \
--namespaced=false

will give you a list of all cluster wide API


resources installed in your cluster.
3. config

Modify kubeconfig file.

For example:
kubectl config set-context \
--current \
--namespace mynamespace

changes the namespace that the following


kubectl commands will default to.
4. cp

Copy files and directories to and from


containers.
For example:
kubectl cp my-local-file \
my-pod:/tmp/my-file \
-c my-container

will copy my-local-file to


my-container running inside my-pod
at /tmp/my-file location.
5. replace

Directly replace a Kubernetes resource.

For example:
kubectl replace -f mypod.yaml --force

will delete the matching Pod and replace it


with a new Pod according to the
specification in mypod.yaml file.
JAKUB KRZYWDA
@jakubkrzywda

THAT’S IT FOR TODAY!

My name is Jakub Krzywda.

I’m a Senior Cloud Native Engineer and


Kubernetes Trainer.

I post about: Kubernetes, Cloud Native


technologies and DevOps practices.
JAKUB KRZYWDA
@jakubkrzywda

WHAT DO YOU THINK?


Did you know about any of these commands?

Are there any other “forgotten” kubectl commands


that you find useful?

Remember
to click
follow + 🔔

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