Synopsis Apply a configuration to a resource by file name or stdin. The resource name must be specified. This resource will be created if it doesn't exist yet. To use 'apply', always create the resource initially with either 'apply' or 'create --save-config'. JSON and YAML formats are accepted. Alpha Disclaimer: the --prune functionality is not yet complete. Do not use unless you are aware of what the current state is.

Synopsis Copy files and directories to and from containers. kubectl cp <file-spec-src> <file-spec-dest> Examples # !!!Important Note!!! # Requires that the 'tar' binary is present in your container # image. If 'tar' is not present, 'kubectl cp' will fail. # # For advanced use cases, such as symlinks, wildcard expansion or # file mode preservation, consider using 'kubectl exec'. # Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in namespace <some-namespace> tar cf - /tmp/foo | kubectl exec -i -n <some-namespace> <some-pod> -- tar xf - -C /tmp/bar # Copy /tmp/foo from a remote pod to /tmp/bar locally kubectl exec -n <some-namespace> <some-pod> -- tar cf - /tmp/foo | tar xf - -C /tmp/bar # Copy /tmp/foo_dir local directory to /tmp/bar_dir in a remote pod in the default namespace kubectl cp /tmp/foo_dir <some-pod>:/tmp/bar_dir # Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in a specific container kubectl cp /tmp/foo <some-pod>:/tmp/bar -c <specific-container> # Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in namespace <some-namespace> kubectl cp /tmp/foo <some-namespace>/<some-pod>:/tmp/bar # Copy /tmp/foo from a remote pod to /tmp/bar locally kubectl cp <some-namespace>/<some-pod>:/tmp/foo /tmp/bar Options -c, --container string Container name.

Synopsis Print the supported API resources on the server. kubectl api-resources [flags] Examples # Print the supported API resources kubectl api-resources # Print the supported API resources with more information kubectl api-resources -o wide # Print the supported API resources sorted by a column kubectl api-resources --sort-by=name # Print the supported namespaced resources kubectl api-resources --namespaced=true # Print the supported non-namespaced resources kubectl api-resources --namespaced=false # Print the supported API resources with a specific APIGroup kubectl api-resources --api-group=rbac.

Synopsis Provides utilities for interacting with plugins. Plugins provide extended functionality that is not part of the major command-line distribution. Please refer to the documentation and examples for more information about how write your own plugins. The easiest way to discover and install plugins is via the kubernetes sub-project krew: [krew.sigs.k8s.io]. To install krew, visit https://krew.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user-guide/setup/install kubectl plugin [flags] Examples # List all available plugins kubectl plugin list # List only binary names of available plugins without paths kubectl plugin list --name-only Options -h, --help help for plugin

Synopsis Create a namespace with the specified name. kubectl create namespace NAME [--dry-run=server|client|none] Examples # Create a new namespace named my-namespace kubectl create namespace my-namespace Options --allow-missing-template-keys     Default: true If true, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is missing in the template. Only applies to golang and jsonpath output formats. --dry-run string[="unchanged"]     Default: "none" Must be "none", "server", or "client". If client strategy, only print the object that would be sent, without sending it.

Synopsis Forward one or more local ports to a pod. Use resource type/name such as deployment/mydeployment to select a pod. Resource type defaults to 'pod' if omitted. If there are multiple pods matching the criteria, a pod will be selected automatically. The forwarding session ends when the selected pod terminates, and a rerun of the command is needed to resume forwarding. kubectl port-forward TYPE/NAME [options] [LOCAL_PORT:]REMOTE_PORT [...[LOCAL_PORT_N:]REMOTE_PORT_N] Examples # Listen on ports 5000 and 6000 locally, forwarding data to/from ports 5000 and 6000 in the pod kubectl port-forward pod/mypod 5000 6000 # Listen on ports 5000 and 6000 locally, forwarding data to/from ports 5000 and 6000 in a pod selected by the deployment kubectl port-forward deployment/mydeployment 5000 6000 # Listen on port 8443 locally, forwarding to the targetPort of the service's port named "https" in a pod selected by the service kubectl port-forward service/myservice 8443:https # Listen on port 8888 locally, forwarding to 5000 in the pod kubectl port-forward pod/mypod 8888:5000 # Listen on port 8888 on all addresses, forwarding to 5000 in the pod kubectl port-forward --address 0.

Synopsis Debug cluster resources using interactive debugging containers. 'debug' provides automation for common debugging tasks for cluster objects identified by resource and name. Pods will be used by default if no resource is specified. The action taken by 'debug' varies depending on what resource is specified. Supported actions include: Workload: Create a copy of an existing pod with certain attributes changed, for example changing the image tag to a new version.

Synopsis Request a service account token. kubectl create token SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME Examples # Request a token to authenticate to the kube-apiserver as the service account "myapp" in the current namespace kubectl create token myapp # Request a token for a service account in a custom namespace kubectl create token myapp --namespace myns # Request a token with a custom expiration kubectl create token myapp --duration 10m # Request a token with a custom audience kubectl create token myapp --audience https://example.

Synopsis Create a priority class with the specified name, value, globalDefault and description. kubectl create priorityclass NAME --value=VALUE --global-default=BOOL [--dry-run=server|client|none] Examples # Create a priority class named high-priority kubectl create priorityclass high-priority --value=1000 --description="high priority" # Create a priority class named default-priority that is considered as the global default priority kubectl create priorityclass default-priority --value=1000 --global-default=true --description="default priority" # Create a priority class named high-priority that cannot preempt pods with lower priority kubectl create priorityclass high-priority --value=1000 --description="high priority" --preemption-policy="Never" Options --allow-missing-template-keys     Default: true If true, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is missing in the template.

Synopsis Print the logs for a container in a pod or specified resource. If the pod has only one container, the container name is optional. kubectl logs [-f] [-p] (POD | TYPE/NAME) [-c CONTAINER] Examples # Return snapshot logs from pod nginx with only one container kubectl logs nginx # Return snapshot logs from pod nginx with multi containers kubectl logs nginx --all-containers=true # Return snapshot logs from all containers in pods defined by label app=nginx kubectl logs -l app=nginx --all-containers=true # Return snapshot of previous terminated ruby container logs from pod web-1 kubectl logs -p -c ruby web-1 # Begin streaming the logs of the ruby container in pod web-1 kubectl logs -f -c ruby web-1 # Begin streaming the logs from all containers in pods defined by label app=nginx kubectl logs -f -l app=nginx --all-containers=true # Display only the most recent 20 lines of output in pod nginx kubectl logs --tail=20 nginx # Show all logs from pod nginx written in the last hour kubectl logs --since=1h nginx # Show logs from a kubelet with an expired serving certificate kubectl logs --insecure-skip-tls-verify-backend nginx # Return snapshot logs from first container of a job named hello kubectl logs job/hello # Return snapshot logs from container nginx-1 of a deployment named nginx kubectl logs deployment/nginx -c nginx-1 Options --all-containers Get all containers' logs in the pod(s).