Kubectl Kubernetes CheatSheet Common Commands Name Command List everything kubectl get all --all-namespaces
List pods with nodes info kubectl get pod -o wide
Validate yaml file with dry run kubectl apply --dry-run --validate -f pod-dummy.yaml
Diff deployed resource with local yaml file kubectl alpha diff -f <yaml file/dir>
Start a temporary pod for testing kubectl run --rm -i -t --image=alpine test-$RANDOM -- sh
Run wget test temporarily kubectl run --rm mytest --image=busybox -it
Run curl test temporarily kubectl run --rm mytest --image=yauritux/busybox-curl -it
kubectl run shell command kubectl exec -it mytest -- ls -l /etc/hosts
Get system conf via configmap kubectl -n kube-system get cm kubeadm-config -o yaml
kubectl run instance with replicas kubectl run my-nginx --image=nginx --replicas=2 --port=80
Explain resource kubectl explain pods=
, kubectl explain svc
Get all services kubectl get service --all-namespaces
Query healthcheck endpoint curl -L http://127.0.0.1:10250/healthz
Open a bash terminal in a pod kubectl exec -it storage sh
Check pod environment variables kubectl exec redis-master-ft9ex env
Enable kubectl shell autocompletion echo "source <(kubectl completion bash)" >>~/.bashrc
, and reload Use minikube dockerd in your laptop eval $(minikube docker-env)
, No need to push docker hub any more Get services sorted by name kubectl get services --sort-by=.metadata.name
Get pods sorted by restart count kubectl get pods --sort-by='.status.containerStatuses[0].restartCount'
Get logs from init container kubectl logs <pod-name> -c <init-container-2
Drain a nodes kubectl drain <node_name> --delete-local-data --ignore-daemonsets
Name Command Get node resource usage kubectl top node
Get pod resource usage kubectl top pod
Get resource usage for a given pod kubectl top <podname> --containers
List resource utilization for all containers kubectl top pod --all-namespaces --containers=true
Resources Deletion Name Command Delete pod kubectl delete pod/<pod-name> -n <my-namespace>
Force delete kubectl delete pod NAME --grace-period=0 --force
Delete pods by labels kubectl delete pod -l env=test
Delete deployments by labels kubectl delete deployment -l app=wordpress
Delete all resources filtered by labels kubectl delete pods,services -l name=myLabel
Delete resources under a namespace kubectl -n my-ns delete po,svc --all
Delete persist volumes by labels kubectl delete pvc -l app=wordpress
Delete statefulset only (not pods) kubectl delete sts/<stateful_set_name> --cascade=false
Pod Name Command List all pods kubectl get pods
List pods for all namespace kubectl get pods -all-namespaces
List all critical pods kubectl get -n kube-system pods -a
List pods with more info kubectl get pod -o wide=
, kubectl get pod/<pod-name> -o yaml
Get pod info kubectl describe pod/srv-mysql-server
List all pods with labels kubectl get pods --show-labels
kubectl run command kubectl exec -it -n "$ns" "$podname" -- sh -c "echo $msg >>/dev/err.log"
Pod Advanced Name Command Get pod by selector kubectl get pods -n $namespace --selector="app=syslog" -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.name}')
List pods and containers kubectl get pods -o='custom-columns=PODS:.metadata.name,CONTAINERS:.spec.containers[*].name'
List pods, containers and images kubectl get pods -o='custom-columns=PODS:.metadata.name,CONTAINERS:.spec.containers[*].name,Images:.spec.containers[*].image'
Label & Annotations Name Command Filter pods by label kubectl get pods -l owner=denny
Manually add label to a pod kubectl label pods dummy-input owner=denny
Remove label kubectl label pods dummy-input owner-
Manually add annonation to a pod kubectl annotate pods dummy-input my-url=https://www.dennyzhang.com
Deployment & Scale Name Command Scale out kubectl scale --replicas=3 deployment/nginx-app
Online rolling upgrade kubectl rollout app-v1 app-v2 --image=img:v2
Roll backup kubectl rollout app-v1 app-v2 --rollback
List rollout kubectl get rs
Check update status kubectl rollout status deployment/nginx-app
Check update history kubectl rollout history deployment/nginx-app
Pause/Resume kubectl rollout pause deployment/nginx-deployment=
, resume
Rollback to previous version kubectl rollout undo deployment/nginx-deployment
Quota & Limits & Resource Name Command List Resource Quota kubectl get resourcequota
List Limit Range kubectl get limitrange
Customize resource definition kubectl set resources deployment nginx -c=nginx --limits=cpu=200m,memory=512Mi
Service Name Command List all services kubectl get services
List service endpoints kubectl get endpoints
Get service detail kubectl get service nginx-service -o yaml
Expose deployment as lb service kubectl expose deployment/my-app --type=LoadBalancer --name=my-service
Expose service as lb service kubectl expose service/wordpress-1-svc --type=LoadBalancer --name=wordpress-lb
StatefulSet Name Command List statefulset kubectl get sts
Delete statefulset only (not pods) kubectl delete sts/<stateful_set_name> --cascade=false
Scale statefulset kubectl scale sts/<stateful_set_name> --replicas=5
Volumes & Volume Claims Name Command Check the mounted volumes kubectl exec storage ls /data
Check persist volume kubectl describe pv/pv0001
List storage class kubectl get storageclass
Copy files kubectl cp /tmp/foo <namespace1>/<pod1>:/tmp/bar
Security Name Command List certificates kubectl get csr
Extenstions Name Summary List api group kubectl api-versions
List all CRD kubectl get crd
Components & Services Services on Master Nodes Name Summary kube-apiserver exposes the Kubernetes API from master nodes etcd reliable data store for all k8s cluster data kube-scheduler schedule pods to run on selected nodes kube-controller-manager node controller, replication controller, endpoints controller, and service account & token controllers
Services on Worker Nodes Name Summary kubelet makes sure that containers are running in a pod kube-proxy perform connection forwarding Container Runtime Kubernetes supported runtimes: Docker, rkt, runc and any OCI runtime-spec implementation.
Name Summary kubectl the command line util to talk to k8s cluster kubeadm the command to bootstrap the cluster kubefed the command line to control a Kubernetes Cluster Federation Kubernetes Components Kubernetes Components
Other Components Log files Name Command API Server.log in master node /var/log/kube-apiserver.log
Scheduler.log in master node /var/log/kube-scheduler.log
Controller.log in master node /var/log/kube-controller-manager.log
Kubelet.log in worker node /var/log/kubelet.log
Kube Proxy.log in worker node /var/log/kubelet-proxy.log
Events & Metrics Name Command View all events kubectl get events --all-namespaces
Namespace & Security Name Command List authenticated contexts kubectl config get-contexts
Switch context kubectl config use-context <cluster-name>
Delete the specified context kubectl config delete-context <cluster-name>
List all namespaces defined kubectl get namespaces
kubectl config file ~/.kube/config
Network Name Command Temporarily add a port-forwarding kubectl port-forward redis-izl09 6379
Add port-forwaring for deployment kubectl port-forward deployment/redis-master 6379:6379
Add port-forwaring for replicaset kubectl port-forward rs/redis-master 6379:6379
Add port-forwaring for service kubectl port-forward svc/redis-master 6379:6379
Get network policy kubectl get NetworkPolicy
Basic Key Concepts Name Summary CNCF Cloud Native Computing Foundation CRI Container Runtime Interface CNI Container Network Interface CSI Container Storage Interface
Kubernetes Critical Files Name Comment Config folder /etc/kubernetes/
Certificate files /etc/kubernetes/pki/
Credentials to API server /etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf
Superuser credentials /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf
Kubernets working dir /var/lib/kubelet/
Docker working dir /var/lib/docker/
Etcd working dir /var/lib/etcd/
Network cni /etc/cni/net.d/
Docker container log /var/log/containers/
Log files /var/log/pods/
Env export KUBECONFIG=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf
Env /etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/10-kubeadm.conf
Check status Name Summary List everything kubectl get all --all-namespaces
Get cluster info kubectl cluster-info
Get configuration kubectl config view
Get kubectl version kubectl version
Get component status kubectl get componentstatus
Similar to docker ps
kubectl get nodes
Similar to docker inspect
kubectl describe pod/nginx-app-413181-cn
Similar to docker logs
kubectl logs
Similar to docker exec
kubectl exec
Get services for current namespace kubectl get svc
Get node status kubectl describe node/<node_name>
Names of certificates files Names of certificates files:
ca.crt, ca.key
(CA certificate) apiserver.crt, apiserver.key
(API server certificate) apiserver-kubelet-client.crt, apiserver-kubelet-client.key
(client certificate for the apiservers to connect to the kubelets securely) sa.pub, sa.key
(a private key for signing ServiceAccount ) front-proxy-ca.crt, front-proxy-ca.key
(CA for the front proxy) front-proxy-client.crt, front-proxy-client.key
(client cert for the front proxy client) Misc scripts Tail pod log by label Get node hardware resource utilization Apply yaml files recursively Apply the configuration in manifest.yaml and delete all the other configmaps that are not in the file. List all critical pods Helm: The Kubernetes Package Manager Name Summary Helm a chart manager. Charts packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. Release a collection of Kubernetes resources deployed to the cluster using Helm. tiller helm server manages releases (installations) of your charts.
Name Summary helm init helm list helm list -a helm repo update helm install stable/mysql helm install --name mysql-release stable/mysql helm inspect stable/mysql helm status $helm_name helm delete $helm_name helm delete --purge $helm_name ~/.helm/cache/archive
Release, list, inspect, delete, rollback, purge
Metric Server Metrics Server is a cluster-wide aggregator of resource usage data.
Metrics Server registered in the main API server through Kubernetes aggregator.
Name Summary Core metrics node/container level metrics; CPU, memory, disk and network, etc. Custom metrics refers to application metrics, e.g. HTTP request rate.
Today (Kubernetes 1.7), there are several sources of metrics within a Kubernetes cluster
Name Summary Heapster k8s add-on Cadvisor a standalone container/node metrics collection and monitoring tool. Kubernetes API does not track metrics. But can get real time metrics
Today, heapster is the source of the time-series data for the Kubernetes Dashboard.
All other Kubernetes components will supply their own metrics in a Prometheus format
In logging domain, we can say syslog
is the standard format
In metric domain, maybe we can choose prometheus
as the standard format.
Last Updated: 1/4/2019, 5:58:57 PM