Listing available pods
shell command
kubectl get pods
To view the contents of a pod
shell command
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
Linux shell command
export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -o go-template --template '{{range .items}}{{.metadata.name}}{{"\n"}}{{end}}')
echo $POD_NAME
curl http://localhost:8001/api/v1/namespaces/default/pods/$POD_NAME/proxy/
Windows shell command
export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods -o go-template --template '{{range .items}}{{.metadata.name}}{{"\n"}}{{end}}')