kubectl Cheatsheet

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References

• cheatsheet-kubernetes-A4 (Internet Archive link). This page is taken from it.

1.1 Common Commands

Name	Command
Run curl test temporarily	kubectl run --rm mytest --image=yauritux/busybox-curl -it
Run wget test temporarily	kubectl run --rm mytest --image=busybox -it
Run nginx deployment with 2 replicas	kubectl run my-nginx --image=nginx --replicas=2 --port=80
Run nginx pod and expose it	kubectl run my-nginx --restart=Never --image=nginx --port=80 --expose
Run nginx deployment and expose it	kubectl run my-nginx --image=nginx --port=80 --expose
Set namespace preference	kubectl config set-context --namespace=
List pods with nodes info	kubectl get pod -o wide
List everything	kubectl get all --all-namespaces
Get all services	kubectl get service --all-namespaces
Get all deployments	kubectl get deployments --all-namespaces
Show nodes with labels	kubectl get nodes --show-labels
Get resources with json output	kubectl get pods --all-namespaces -o json
Validate yaml file with dry run	kubectl create --dry-run --validate -f pod-dummy.yaml
Start a temporary pod for testing	kubectl run --rm -i -t --image=alpine test-$RANDOM -- sh
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
Get deployment yaml	kubectl -n denny-websites get deployment mysql -o yaml
Explain resource	kubectl explain pods, kubectl explain svc
Watch pods	kubectl get pods -n wordpress --watch
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
Kubectl apply a folder of yaml files	kubectl apply -R -f .
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’
List pods and images	kubectl get pods -o=’custom-columns=PODS:.metadata.name,Images:.spec.containers[*].image’
List all container images
kubeconfig skip tls verification
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1.2 Check Performance

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 --containers
List resource utilization for all containers	kubectl top pod --all-namespaces --containers=true

1.3 Resources Deletion

Name	Command
Delete pod	kubectl delete pod/ -n
Delete pod by force	kubectl delete pod/ --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 state fulset only (not pods)	kubectl delete sts/ --cascade=false

1.4 Log & Conf 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
kubectl config file	~/.kube/config
Kubernets working dir	/var/lib/kubelet/
Docker working dir	/var/lib/docker/, /var/log/containers/
Etcd working dir	/var/lib/etcd/
Network cni	/etc/cni/net.d/
Log files	/var/log/pods/
log in worker node	/var/log/kubelet.log, /var/log/kube-proxy.log
log in master node	kube-apiserver.log, kube-scheduler.log, kube-controller-manager.log
Env	/etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/10-kubeadm.conf
Env	export KUBECONFIG=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf

1.5 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/ -o yaml
Get pod info	kubectl describe pod/srv-mysql-server
List all pods with labels	kubectl get pods --show-labels
	kubectl get pods –field-selector=status.phase!=Running –all-namespaces
List running pods	kubectl get pods –field-selector=status.phase=Running
Get Pod initContainer status	kubectl get pod --template '{{.status.initContainerStatuses}}'
kubectl run command	kubectl exec -it -n “$ns” “$podname” – sh -c “echo $msg >>/dev/err.log”
Watch pods	kubectl get pods -n wordpress --watch
Get pod by selector	kubectl get pods –selector=”app=syslog” -o jsonpath=’{.items[*].metadata.name}’
List pods and images	kubectl get pods -o=’custom-columns=PODS:.metadata.name,Images:.spec.containers[*].image’
List pods and containers	-o=’custom-columns=PODS:.metadata.name,CONTAINERS:.spec.containers[*].name’
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1.6 Label & Annontation

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://dennyzhang.com

1.7 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
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1.8 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
Customize resource definition	kubectl set resources deployment nginx -c=nginx --limits=memory=512Mi
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1.9 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
Get service cluster ip	kubectl get service nginx-service -o go-template=’’
Get service cluster port	kubectl get service nginx-service -o go-template=’’
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=ns1
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1.10 Secrets

Name	Command
List secrets	kubectl get secrets --all-namespaces
Generate secret	echo -n 'mypasswd'=, then redirect to =base64 --decode
Get secret	kubectl get secret denny-cluster-kubeconfig
Get a specific field of a secret	kubectl get secret denny-cluster-kubeconfig -o jsonpath=”{.data.value}”
Create secret from cfg file	kubectl create secret generic db-user-pass –from-file=./username.txt
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1.11 StatefulSet

Name	Command
List statefulset	kubectl get sts
Delete statefulset only (not pods)	kubectl delete sts/ --cascade=false
Scale statefulset	kubectl scale sts/ --replicas=5
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1.12 Volumes & Volume Claims

Name	Command
List storage class	kubectl get storageclass
Check the mounted volumes	kubectl exec storage ls /data
Check persist volume	kubectl describe pv/pv0001
Copy local file to pod	kubectl cp /tmp/my /:/tmp/server
Copy pod file to local	kubectl cp /:/tmp/server /tmp/my
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1.13 Events & Metrics

Name	Command
View all events	kubectl get events --all-namespaces
List Events sorted by timestamp	kubectl get events –sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp

1.14 Node Maintenance

Name	Command
Mark node as unschedulable	kubectl cordon $NDOE_NAME
Mark node as schedulable	kubectl uncordon $NDOE_NAME
Drain node in preparation for maintenance	kubectl drain $NODE_NAME

1.15 Namespace & Security

Name	Command
List authenticated contexts	kubectl config get-contexts, ~/.kube/config
Set namespace preference	kubectl config set-context --namespace=
Load context from config file	kubectl get cs --kubeconfig kube_config.yml
Switch context	kubectl config use-context
Delete the specified context	kubectl config delete-context
List all namespaces defined	kubectl get namespaces
List certificates	kubectl get csr
	kubectl –as=system:serviceaccount:ns-denny:test-privileged-sa -n ns-denny auth can-i use pods/list
	kubectl auth can-i use pods/list
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1.16 Network

Name	Command
Temporarily add a port-forwarding	kubectl port-forward redis-134 6379:6379
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

1.17 Patch

Name	Summary
Patch service to loadbalancer	=kubectl patch svc $svc_name -p ‘{“spec”: {“type”: “LoadBalancer”}}’=

1.18 Extenstions

Name	Summary
Enumerates the resource types available	kubectl api-resources
List api group	kubectl api-versions
List all CRD	kubectl get crd
List storageclass	kubectl get storageclass

1.19 Components & Services

1.19.1 Services on Master Nodes

Name	Summary
	exposes the Kubernetes API from master nodes
	reliable data store for all k8s cluster data
	schedule pods to run on selected nodes
	node controller, replication controller, endpoints controller, and service account & token controllers

1.19.2 Services on Worker Nodes

Name	Summary
	makes sure that containers are running in a pod
	perform connection forwarding

1.19.3 Addons: pods and services that implement cluster features

Name	Summary
DNS	serves DNS records for Kubernetes services
Web UI	a general purpose, web-based UI for Kubernetes clusters
Container Resource Monitoring	collect, store and serve container metrics
Cluster-level Logging	save container logs to a central log store with search/browsing interface

1.19.4 Tools

Name	Summary
	the command line util to talk to k8s cluster
	the command to bootstrap the cluster
	the command line to control a Kubernetes Cluster Federation
Kubernetes Components