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Kubernetes Cheat Sheet

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Cluster Information

kubectl cluster-info

Display addresses of the master and services

kubectl version

Print the client and server version information

kubectl get nodes

List all nodes in the cluster

kubectl describe node <node_name>

Show detailed information about a node

Pods

kubectl get pods

List all pods in the current namespace

kubectl get pods -A

List all pods in all namespaces

kubectl get pods -w

Watch pods for changes

kubectl describe pod <pod_name>

Show details of a specific pod

kubectl delete pod <pod_name>

Delete a pod

kubectl run <name> --image=<image>

Start a single instance of a pod

Deployments

kubectl get deployments

List deployments

kubectl describe deployment <name>

Show details of a deployment

kubectl create deployment <name> --image=<image>

Create a new deployment

kubectl scale deployment <name> --replicas=<count>

Scale a deployment

kubectl set image deployment/<name> <container>=<image>

Update the image of a deployment

kubectl rollout status deployment/<name>

Check the rollout status

kubectl rollout undo deployment/<name>

Rollback to the previous deployment version

Services

kubectl get services

List all services in the namespace

kubectl describe service <name>

Show details of a service

kubectl expose deployment <name> --port=<ext> --target-port=<int>

Expose a deployment as a service

kubectl delete service <name>

Delete a service

Namespaces

kubectl get namespaces

List all namespaces

kubectl create namespace <name>

Create a namespace

kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=<name>

Set the default namespace for the current context

kubectl delete namespace <name>

Delete a namespace (and all resources within it)

Troubleshooting

kubectl logs <pod_name>

Print the logs for a pod

kubectl logs -f <pod_name>

Follow the logs for a pod

kubectl logs <pod_name> -c <container_name>

Print the logs for a specific container in a pod

kubectl exec -it <pod_name> -- sh

Get an interactive shell on a running pod

kubectl top pod

Show metrics for all pods in the default namespace

kubectl top node

Show metrics for all nodes

Config & Secrets

kubectl get configmaps

List configmaps

kubectl create configmap <name> --from-literal=<key>=<value>

Create a configmap

kubectl get secrets

List secrets

kubectl create secret generic <name> --from-literal=<key>=<value>

Create a secret

Declarative Config

kubectl apply -f <file.yaml>

Apply a configuration file

kubectl delete -f <file.yaml>

Delete resources defined in a configuration file

Advanced

kubectl get events --sort-by='.metadata.creationTimestamp'

List recent cluster events sorted by time

kubectl exec -it <pod> -- /bin/sh

Open shell inside a running pod

kubectl port-forward svc/<service> 8080:80

Forward local port 8080 to service port 80

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The K8s Cheatsheet is a quick-reference guide that provides developers with the most essential and frequently used K8s commands, syntax, and snippets in one centralized place.
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