Listing available pods
To view the contents of a pod
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kubectl describe pods |
This command will display what containers are in a pod and what image was used to create the container
Retrieve a POD name
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export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -o go-template --template '{{range .items}}{{.metadata.name}}{{"\n"}}{{end}}')
echo $POD_NAME
curl
curl http://localhost:8001/api/v1/namespaces/default/pods/$POD_NAME/proxy/
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export $Env:POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -o go-template --template '{{range .itemsitem}}{{.metadata.name}}{{"\n"}}{{end}}')
echo $Env:POD_NAME
curl http://localhost:8001/api/v1/namespaces/default/pods/$Env:POD_NAME/proxy/ |
Viewing container logs
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kubectl logs $POD_NAME |
Anything that the application would normally send to STDOUT becomes logs for the container within the Pod. We can retrieve these logs using the kubectl logs command:
Executing command on the container
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kubectl exec $POD_NAME env |