- Kubernetes Cheatsheet
- Creating Objects
- Monitoring Usage Commands
- Node Commands
- Pod Commands
- Deployment Commands
- Service Commands
- Endpoint Commands
- Ingress Commands
- DaemonSet Commands
- StatefulSet Commands
- ConfigMap Commands
- Secret Commands
- Rollout Commands
- Job Commands
- CronJob Commands
- Network Policy Commands
- Labels and Selectors Commands
| Name | Command |
|---|---|
| Create resource | kubectl apply -f ./<file_name>.yaml |
| Create from multiple files | kubectl apply -f ./<file_name1>.yaml -f ./<file_name2>.yaml |
| Create all files in directory | kubectl apply -f ./<directory_name> |
| Create from url | kubectl apply -f https://<url> |
| Create pod | kubectl run <pod_name> --image <image_name> |
| Create pod, then expose it as service | kubectl run <pod_name> --image <image_name> --port <port> --expose |
| Create pod yaml file | kubectl run <pod_name> --image image_name --dryrun=client -o yaml > <file_name>.yaml |
| Create deployment | kubectl create deployment <deployment_name> --image <image_name> |
| Create deployment yaml file | kubectl create deployment <deployment_name> --image <image_name> --dryrun=client -o yaml > <file_name>.yaml |
| Create deployment | kubectl create deployment <deployment_name> --image <image_name> |
| Create deployment yaml file | kubectl create deployment <deployment_name> --image <image_name> --dryrun=client -o yaml > <file_name>.yaml |
| Create service | kubectl create service <service-type> <service_name> --tcp=<port:target_port> |
| Create service yaml file | kubectl create service <service-type> <service_name> --tcp=<port:target_port> --dryrun=client -o yaml > <file_name>.yaml |
| Expose service from pod/deployment | kubectl expose deployment <pod/deployment_name> --type=<service-type> --port <port> --target-port <target_port> |
| Create config map from key-value | kubectl create configmap <configmap_name> --from-literal=<key>:<value> --from-literal=<key>:<value> |
| Create config map from file | kubectl create configmap <configmap_name> --from-file=<file_name> |
| Create config map from env file | kubectl create configmap <configmap_name> --from-env-file=<file_name> |
| Create secret from keyvalue | kubectl create secret generic <secret_name> --from-literal=<key>:<value> --from-literal=<key>:<value> |
| Create secret from file | kubectl create secret generic <secret_name> --from-file=<file_name> |
| Create job | kubectl create job <job_name> --image <image_name> |
| Create job from cronjob | kubectl create job <job_name> --from=cronjob/<cronjob_name> |
| Create cronjob | kubectl create cronjob --image=<image_name> --schedule='<cron-syntax>' -- <command> <args> |
| Name | Command |
|---|---|
| Get node cpu and memory utilization | kubectl top node <node_name> |
| Get pod cpu and memory utilization | kubectl top pods <pod_name> |
| Name | Command |
|---|---|
| Describe node | kubectl describe node <node_name> |
| Get node in yaml | kubectl get node <node_name> -o yaml |
| Get node | kubectl get node <node_name> |
| Drain node | kubectl drain node <node_name> |
| Cordon node | kubectl cordon node <node_name> |
| Uncordon node | kubectl uncordon node <node_name> |
| Delete node | kubectl delete node <node_name> |
| Name | Command |
|---|---|
| Get pod | kubectl get pod <pod_name> |
| Get pod in yaml | kubectl get pod <pod_name> -o yaml |
| Get pod in wide format | kubectl get pod <pod_name> -o wide |
| Get pod with watch | kubectl get pod <pod_name> -w |
| Edit pod | kubectl edit pod <pod_name> |
| Describe pod | kubectl describe pod <pod_name> |
| Delete pod | kubectl delete pod <pod_name> |
| Log pod | kubectl logs pod <pod_name> |
| Tail -f pod | kubectl logs pod -f <pod_name> |
| Exec pod | kubectl exec -it <pod_name> -- <command> |
| Name | Command |
|---|---|
| Get deployment | kubectl get deployment <deployment_name> |
| Get deployment in yaml | kubectl get deployment <deployment_name> -o yaml |
| Get deployment wide information | kubectl get deployment <deployment_name> -o wide |
| Edit deployment | kubectl edit deployment <deployment_name> |
| Describe deployment | kubectl describe deployment <deployment_name> |
| Delete deployment | kubectl delete deployment <deployment_name> |
| Log deployment | kubectl logs deployment/<deployment_name> -f |
| Update image | kubectl set image deployment <deployment_name> <container_name>=<new_image_name> |
| Scale deployment with replicas | kubectl scale deployment <deployment_name> --replicas=<replicas> |
| Name | Command |
|---|---|
| Get service | kubectl get service <service_name> |
| Get service in yaml | kubectl get service <service_name> -o yaml |
| Get service wide information | kubectl get service <service_name> -o wide |
| Edit service | kubectl edit service <service_name> |
| Describe service | kubectl describe service <service_name> |
| Delete service | kubectl delete service <service_name> |
| Name | Command |
|---|---|
| Get endpoint | kubectl get endpoint <endpoint_name> |
| Name | Command |
|---|---|
| Get ingress | kubectl get ingress <ingress_name> |
| Get ingress in yaml | kubectl get ingress <ingress_name> -o yaml |
| Get ingress wide information | kubectl get ingress <ingress_name> -o wide |
| Edit ingress | kubectl edit ingress <ingress_name> |
| Describe ingress | kubectl describe ingress <ingress_name> |
| Delete ingress | kubectl delete ingress <ingress_name> |
| Name | Command |
|---|---|
| Get daemonset | kubectl get daemonset <daemonset_name> |
| Get daemonset in yaml | kubectl get daemonset <daemonset_name> -o yaml |
| Edit daemonset | kubectl edit daemonset <daemonset_name> |
| Describe daemonset | kubectl describe daemonset <daemonset_name> |
| Delete daemonset | kubectl delete daemonset <daemonset_name> |
| Name | Command |
|---|---|
| Get statefulset | kubectl get statefulset <statefulset_name> |
| Get statefulset in yaml | kubectl get statefulset <statefulset_name> -o yaml |
| Edit statefulset | kubectl edit statefulset <statefulset_name> |
| Describe statefulset | kubectl describe statefulset <statefulset_name> |
| Delete statefulset | kubectl delete statefulset <statefulset_name> |
| Name | Command |
|---|---|
| Get configmap | kubectl get configmap <configmap_name> |
| Get configmap in yaml | kubectl get configmap <configmap_name> -o yaml |
| Edit configmap | kubectl edit configmap <configmap_name> |
| Describe configmap | kubectl describe configmap <configmap_name> |
| Delete configmap | kubectl delete configmap <configmap_name> |
| Name | Command |
|---|---|
| Get secret | kubectl get secret <secret_name> |
| Get secret in yaml | kubectl get secret <secret_name> -o yaml |
| Edit secret | kubectl edit secret <secret_name> |
| Describe secret | kubectl describe secret <secret_name> |
| Delete secret | kubectl delete secret <secret_name> |
| Name | Command |
|---|---|
| Restart deployment | kubectl rollout restart deployment <deployment_name> |
| Undo deployment with last revision | kubectl rollout undo deployment <deployment_name> |
| Undo deployment with specific revision | kubectl rollout undo deployment <deployment_name> --to-revision=<revision_number> |
| Get all revisions of deployment | kubectl rollout history deployment <deployment_name> |
| Get specific revision of deployment | kubectl rollout history deployment <deployment_name> --revision=<revision_number> |
| Name | Command |
|---|---|
| Get job | kubectl get job <job_name> |
| Get job in yaml | kubectl get job <job_name> -o yaml |
| Edit jog in yaml | kubectl edit job <job_name> |
| Describe job | kubectl describe job <job_name> |
| Delete job | kubectl delete job <job_name> |
| Name | Command |
|---|---|
| Get cronjob | kubectl get cronjob <cronjob_name> |
| Get cronjob in yaml | kubectl get cronjob <cronjob_name> -o yaml |
| Edit cronjob | kubectl edit cronjob <cronjob_name> |
| Describe cronjob | kubectl describe cronjob <cronjob_name> |
| Delete cronjob | kubectl delete cronjob <cronjob_name> |
| Name | Command |
|---|---|
| Get network policy | kubectl get networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name> |
| Get network policy in yaml | kubectl get networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name> -o yaml |
| Get network policy wide information | kubectl get networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name> -o wide |
| Edit network policy | kubectl edit networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name> |
| Describe network policy | kubectl describe networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name> |
| Delete network policy | kubectl delete networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name> |
| Name | Command |
|---|---|
| Show labels of node, pod or deployment | kubectl get <node/pod/deployment> --show-labels |
| Attach label to node, pod or deployment | kubectl label <node/pod/deployment> <name> <label_key>=<label_value> |
| Remove label from node, pod or deployment | kubectl label <node/pod/deployment> <name> <label_key>- |
| Get all node, pod or deployment with specific label | kubectl get <node/pod/deployment> -l <label_key>=<label_value> |