kubectl Commands - truongnhatbui/techtrends GitHub Wiki

Kubectl provides a rich set of actions that can be used to interact, manage, and configure Kubernetes resources. Below is a list of handy kubectl commands used in practice.

Note: In the following commands the following arguments are used:

• RESOURCE is the Kubernetes resource type
• NAME sets the name of the resource
• FLAGS are used to provide extra configuration
• PARAMS are used to provide the required configuration to the resource

Create Resources

To create resources, use the following command:

kubectl create RESOURCE NAME [FLAGS]

Describe Resources

To describe resources, use the following command:

kubectl describe RESOURCE NAME 

Get Resources

To get resources, use the following command, where -o yaml instructs that the result should be YAML formated.

kubectl get RESOURCE NAME [-o yaml]

Edit Resources

To edit resources, use the following command, where -o yaml instructs that the edit should be YAML formated.

kubectl edit RESOURCE NAME [-o yaml]

Label Resources

To label resources, use the following command:

kubectl label RESOURCE NAME [PARAMS]

Port-forward to Resources

To access resources through port-forward, use the following command:

kubectl port-forward RESOURCE/NAME [PARAMS]

Logs from Resources

To access logs from a resource, use the following command:

kubectl logs RESOURCE/NAME [FLAGS]

Delete Resources

To delete resources, use the following command:

kubectl delete RESOURCE NAME