Setup autocomplete in bash; bash-completion package should be installed first
source <(kubectl completion bash)
View specific config items by json path
kubectl config view -o jsonpath='{.users[?(@.name == "k8s")].user.password}'
Set credentials for foo.kuberntes.com
kubectl config set-credentials kubeuser/foo.kubernetes.com --username=kubeuser --password=kubepassword
kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=namespace_name
Viewing, Finding resources
List all services in the namespace
List all pods in all namespaces in wide format
kubectl get pods -o wide --all-namespaces
List all pods in json (or yaml) format
Describe resource details (node, pod, svc)
kubectl describe nodes my-node
List services sorted by name
kubectl get services --sort-by=.metadata.name
List pods sorted by restart count
kubectl get pods --sort-by='.status.containerStatuses[0].restartCount'
Rolling update pods for frontend-v1
kubectl rolling-update frontend-v1 -f frontend-v2.json
Scale a replicaset named 'foo' to 3
kubectl scale --replicas=3 rs/foo
Scale a resource specified in "foo.yaml" to 3
kubectl scale --replicas=3 -f foo.yaml
Execute a command in every pod / replica
for i in 0 1; do kubectl exec foo-$i -- sh -c 'echo $(hostname) > /usr/share/nginx/html/index.html'; done
Get documentation for pod or service
Create resource(s) like pods, services or daemonsets
kubectl create -f ./my-manifest.yaml
Apply a configuration to a resource
kubectl apply -f ./my-manifest.yaml
Start a single instance of Nginx
kubectl run nginx --image=nginx
Create a secret with several keys
cat <<EOF | kubectl create -f -
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
name: mysecret
type: Opaque
data:
password: $(echo "s33msi4" | base64)
username: $(echo "jane"| base64)
EOF
kubectl delete -f ./my-manifest.yaml
Deploy Heapster from Github repository
kubectl create -f deploy/kube-config/standalone/
Show metrics for a given pod and its containers
kubectl top pod pod_name --containers
Stream pod container logs (stdout, multi-container case)
kubectl logs -f pod_name -c my-container
Interacting with running pods
kubectl exec pod_name -- command_name
Run command in pod with multiple containers
kubectl exec pod_name -c container_name -- command_name
kubectl exec -it pod_name /bin/sh
Get terminal of a container running in pod with multiple containers
kubectl exec -it pod_name -c container_name /bin/sh