Below is a Kubernetes cheat sheet, which lists various useful commands that can be used with kubectl command-line interface to manage Kubernetes clusters. These commands cover a range of tasks, such as creating and managing deployments, pods, and services, querying resource usage, deleting resources, and more. Examples include running tests using temporary pods, checking node and pod resource usage, and deleting resources by labels. Additionally, the cheat sheet also provides tips on how to enable shell autocompletion for kubectl, and how to open a bash terminal in a pod.
Run curl test temporarily
kubectl run --rm mytest --image=yauritux/busybox-curl -it
Run wget test temporarily
kubectl run --rm mytest --image=busybox -it
Run nginx deployment with 2 replicas
kubectl run my-nginx --image=nginx --replicas=2 --port=80
List everything
kubectl get all --all-namespaces
List pods with nodes info
kubectl get pod -o wide
Show nodes with labels
kubectl get nodes --show-labels
Validate yaml file with dry run
kubectl create --dry-run --validate -f pod-dummy.yaml
Start a temporary pod for testing
kubectl run --rm -i -t --image=alpine test-$RANDOM -- sh
kubectl run shell command
kubectl exec -it mytest -- ls -l /etc/hosts
Get system conf via configmap
kubectl -n kube-system get cm kubeadm-config -o yaml
Explain resource kubectl explain pods
kubectl explain svc
Get all services
kubectl get service --all-namespaces
Watch pods
kubectl get pods -n wordpress --watch
Query healthcheck endpoint
curl -L http://127.0.0.1:10250/healthz
Open a bash terminal in a pod
kubectl exec -it storage sh
Check pod environment variables
kubectl exec redis-master-ft9ex env
Enable kubectl shell autocompletion
echo "source <(kubectl completion bash)" >>~/.bashrc, and reload
Get services sorted by name
kubectl get services –sort-by=.metadata.name
Get pods sorted by restart count
kubectl get pods –sort-by=’.status.containerStatuses[0].restartCount’
Get node resource usage
kubectl top node
Get pod resource usage
kubectl top pod
Get resource usage for a given pod
kubectl top <podname> --containers
List resource utilization for all containers
kubectl top pod --all-namespaces --containers=true
Delete pod
kubectl delete pod/<pod-name> -n <my-namespace>
Delete pod by force
kubectl delete pod/<pod-name> --grace-period=0 --force
Delete pods by labels
kubectl delete pod -l env=test
Delete deployments by labels
kubectl delete deployment -l app=wordpress
Delete all resources filtered by labels
kubectl delete pods,services -l name=myLabel
Delete resources under a namespace
kubectl -n my-ns delete po,svc --all
Delete persist volumes by labels
kubectl delete pvc -l app=wordpress
Delete statefulset only (not pods)
kubectl delete sts/<stateful_set_name> --cascade=false
List all pods
kubectl get pods
List pods for all namespace
kubectl get pods -all-namespaces
List all critical pods
kubectl get -n kube-system pods -a
List pods with more info
kubectl get pod -o wide, kubectl get pod/<pod-name> -o yaml
Get pod info
kubectl describe pod/srv-mysql-server
List all pods with labels
kubectl get pods --show-labels
List running pods
kubectl get pods –field-selector=status.phase=Running
Get Pod initContainer status
kubectl get pod --template '{{.status.initContainerStatuses}}' <pod-name>
kubectl run command
kubectl exec -it -n “$ns” “$podname” – sh -c “echo $msg >>/dev/err.log”