Kubernetes Cheatsheet

Creating Objects:-
Name Command
Create resource kubectl apply -f ./<file_name>.yaml
kubectl apply -f ./<file_name_1>.yaml -f
Create from multiple files
./<file_name_2>.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 kubectl run <pod_name> --image <image_name> --port
as service <port> --expose
kubectl run <pod_name> --image image_name --dry-
Create pod yaml file
run=client -o yaml > <file_name>.yaml
kubectl create deployment <deployment_name> --image
Create deployment
<image_name>
kubectl create deployment <deployment_name> --image
Create deployment yaml
<image_name> --dry-run=client -o yaml >
file
<file_name>.yaml
kubectl create service <service-type>
Create service
<service_name> --tcp=<port:target_port>
kubectl create service <service-type>
Create service yaml file <service_name> --tcp=<port:target_port> --dry-
run=client -o yaml > <file_name>.yaml
kubectl expose deployment <pod/deployment_name> --
Expose service from
type=<service-type> --port <port> --target-port
pod/deployment
<target_port>
Create config map from kubectl create configmap <configmap_name> --from-
key-value literal=<key>:<value> --from-literal=<key>:<value>
kubectl create configmap <configmap_name> --from-
Create config map from file
file=<file_name>
Create config map from env kubectl create configmap <configmap_name> --from-env-
file file=<file_name>
Create secret from key- kubectl create secret generic <secret_name> --from-
value literal=<key>:<value> --from-literal=<key>:<value>
kubectl create secret generic <secret_name> --from-
Create secret from file
file=<file_name>

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 Name Command
Create job kubectl create job <job_name> --image=<image_name>
kubectl create job <job_name> --
Create job from cronjob
from=cronjob/<cronjob-name>
kubectl create cronjob --image=<image_name> --
Create cronjob
schedule='<cron-syntax>' -- <command> <args>

Monitoring Usage Commands:-

Name Command
Get node cpu and memory utilization kubectl top node <node_name>
Get pod cpu and memory utilization kubectl top pods <pod_name>

Node Commands:-
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>

Pod Commands:-
Name Command
Get pod kubectl get pod <pod_name>
Get pod in yaml kubectl get pod <pod_name> -o yaml
Get pod wide
kubectl get pod <pod_name> -o wide
information
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>

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 Name Command
Execute into pod kubectl exec -it pod <pod_name> /bin/bash
Running Temporary kubectl run <pod_name> --image=curlimages/curl --rm -it --
Image restart=Never -- curl <destination>

Deployment Commands:-
Name Command
Get deployment kubectl get deployment <deployment_name>
Get deployment in
kubectl get deployment <deployment_name> -o yaml
yaml
Get deployment
kubectl get deployment <deployment_name> -o wide
wide information
Edit deployment kubectl edit deployment <deployment_name>
Describe
kubectl describe deployment <deployment_name>
deployment
Delete deployment kubectl delete deployment <deployment_name>
Log deployment kubectl logs deployment/deployment_name -f
kubectl set image deployment <deployment_name>
Update image
<container_name>=<new_image_name>
Scale deployment kubectl scale deployment <deployment_name> --replicas
with replicas <replicas>

Service Commands:-
Name Command
Get service kubectl get service <service>
Get service in yaml kubectl get service <service> -o yaml
Get service wide information kubectl get service <service> -o wide
Edit service kubectl edit service <service>
Describe service kubectl describe service <service>
Delete service kubectl delete service <service>

Endpoints Commands:-
Name Command
Get endpoints kubectl get endpoints <endpoints_name>

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Ingress Commands:-
Name Command
Get ingress kubectl get ingress
Get ingress in yaml kubectl get ingress -o yaml
Get ingress wide information kubectl get ingress -o wide
Edit ingress kubectl edit ingress <ingress_name>
Describe ingress kubectl describe ingress <ingress_name>
Delete ingress kubectl delete ingress <ingress_name>

DaemonSet Commands:-
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 deployment <daemonset_name>

StatefulSet Commands:-
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 statefuleset kubectl delete statefulset <statefulset_name>

ConfigMaps Commands:-
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>

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Secret Commands:-
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>

Rollout Commands:-
Name Command
Restart deployment kubectl rollout restart deployment <deployment_name>
Undo deployment with
kubectl rollout undo deployment <deployment_name>
the latest revision
Undo deployment with kubectl rollout undo deployment <deployment_name> --to-
specified revision revision <revision_number>
Get all revisions of
kubectl rollout history deployment <deployment_name>
deployment
Get specified revision of kubectl rollout history deployment <deployment_name> --
deployment revision=<revision_number>

Job Commands:-
Name Command
Get job kubectl get job <job_name>
Get job in yaml kubectl get job <job_name> -o yaml
Edit job in yaml kubectl edit job <job_name>
Describe job kubectl describe job <job_name>
Delete job kubectl delete job <job_name>

Cronjob Commands:-
Name Command
Get cronjob kubectl get cronjob cronjob_name
Get cronjob in yaml kubectl get cronjob <cronjob_name> -o yaml

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 Name Command
Edit cronjob kubectl edit cronjob <cronjob_name>
Describe cronjob kubectl describe cronjob <cronjob_name>
Delete cronjob kubectl delete cronjob <cronjob_name>

Network Policy Commands:-

Name Command
Get networkpolicy kubectl get networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name>
kubectl get networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name> -
Get networkpolicy in yaml
o yaml
Get networkpolicy wide kubectl get networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name> -
information o wide
Edit networkpolicy kubectl edit networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name>
kubectl describe networkpolicy
Describe networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name>
kubectl delete networkpolicy
Delete networkpolicy <networkpolicy_name>

Labels and Selectors Commands:-

Name Command
Show labels of node,pod and kubectl get <node/pod/deployment> --show-
deployment labels
Attach labels to kubectl label <node/pod/deployment>
<node/pod/deployment> <pod_name> <key>=<value>
Remove labels from kubectl label <node/pod/deployment>
<node/pod/deployment> <pod_name> <key>-
Select node,pod and deployment by kubectl get <node/pod/deployment> -l
using labels <key>=<value>

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