kubectl is the Kubernetes cli version of a swiss army knife, and can do many things. While this Book is focused on using kubectl to declaratively manage applications in Kubernetes, it also covers other kubectl functions. Command Families Most kubectl commands typically fall into one of a few categories: Type Used For Description Declarative Resource Management Deployment and operations (e.g. GitOps) Declaratively manage Kubernetes workloads using resource configuration Imperative Resource Management Development Only Run commands to manage Kubernetes workloads using Command Line arguments and flags Printing Workload State Debugging Print information about workloads Interacting with Containers Debugging Exec, attach, cp, logs Cluster Management Cluster operations Drain and cordon Nodes Declarative Application Management The preferred approach for managing resources is through declarative files called resource configuration used with the kubectl Apply command.

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Resource Types KubeProxyConfiguration FormatOptions Appears in: LoggingConfiguration FormatOptions contains options for the different logging formats. FieldDescription text [Required] TextOptions [Alpha] Text contains options for logging format "text". Only available when the LoggingAlphaOptions feature gate is enabled. json [Required] JSONOptions [Alpha] JSON contains options for logging format "json". Only available when the LoggingAlphaOptions feature gate is enabled. JSONOptions Appears in: FormatOptions JSONOptions contains options for logging format "json". FieldDescription OutputRoutingOptions [Required] OutputRoutingOptions (Members of OutputRoutingOptions are embedded into this type.

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Package v1beta2 is the v1beta2 version of the custom_metrics API. Resource Types MetricListOptions MetricValue MetricValueList MetricListOptions MetricListOptions is used to select metrics by their label selectors FieldDescription apiVersionstringcustom.metrics.k8s.io/v1beta2 kindstringMetricListOptions labelSelector string A selector to restrict the list of returned objects by their labels. Defaults to everything. metricLabelSelector string A selector to restrict the list of returned metrics by their labels MetricValue Appears in: MetricValueList MetricValue is the metric value for some object

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Anyone can contribute to Kubernetes. As your contributions to SIG Docs grow, you can apply for different levels of membership in the community. These roles allow you to take on more responsibility within the community. Each role requires more time and commitment. The roles are: Anyone: regular contributors to the Kubernetes documentation Members: can assign and triage issues and provide non-binding review on pull requests Reviewers: can lead reviews on documentation pull requests and can vouch for a change's quality Approvers: can lead reviews on documentation and merge changes Anyone Anyone with a GitHub account can contribute to Kubernetes.

Resource Types CredentialProviderRequest CredentialProviderResponse CredentialProviderRequest CredentialProviderRequest includes the image that the kubelet requires authentication for. Kubelet will pass this request object to the plugin via stdin. In general, plugins should prefer responding with the same apiVersion they were sent. FieldDescription apiVersionstringcredentialprovider.kubelet.k8s.io/v1 kindstringCredentialProviderRequest image [Required] string image is the container image that is being pulled as part of the credential provider plugin request. Plugins may optionally parse the image to extract any information required to fetch credentials.