Kubernetes Cheat Sheet

A cheat sheet for Kubernetes commands.

Kubectl Alias

Linux

alias k=kubectl

Windows

Set-Alias -Name k -Value kubectl

Cluster Info

• Get clusters

kubectl config get-clusters
NAME
docker-for-desktop-cluster
foo

• Get cluster info.

kubectl cluster-info
Kubernetes master is running at https://172.17.0.58:8443

Contexts

A context is a cluster, namespace and user.

• Get a list of contexts.

kubectl config get-contexts

CURRENT   NAME                 CLUSTER                      AUTHINFO             NAMESPACE
          docker-desktop       docker-desktop               docker-desktop
*         foo                  foo                          foo                  bar

• Get the current context.

kubectl config current-context
foo

• Switch current context.

kubectl config use-context docker-desktop

• Set default namesapce

kubectl config set-context $(kubectl config current-context) --namespace=my-namespace

To switch between contexts, you can also install and use kubectx.

Get Commands

kubectl get all
kubectl get namespaces
kubectl get configmaps
kubectl get nodes
kubectl get pods
kubectl get rs
kubectl get svc kuard
kubectl get endpoints kuard

Additional switches that can be added to the above commands:

• -o wide - Show more information.
• --watch or -w - watch for changes.

Namespaces

• --namespace - Get a resource for a specific namespace.

You can set the default namespace for the current context like so:

kubectl config set-context $(kubectl config current-context) --namespace=my-namespace

To switch namespaces, you can also install and use kubens.

Labels

• Get pods showing labels.

kubectl get pods --show-labels

• Get pods by label.

kubectl get pods -l environment=production,tier!=frontend
kubectl get pods -l 'environment in (production,test),tier notin (frontend,backend)'

Describe Command

kubectl describe nodes [id]
kubectl describe pods [id]
kubectl describe rs [id]
kubectl describe svc kuard [id]
kubectl describe endpoints kuard [id]

Delete Command

kubectl delete nodes [id]
kubectl delete pods [id]
kubectl delete rs [id]
kubectl delete svc kuard [id]
kubectl delete endpoints kuard [id]

Force a deletion of a pod without waiting for it to gracefully shut down

kubectl delete pod-name --grace-period=0 --force

Create vs Apply

kubectl create can be used to create new resources while kubectl apply inserts or updates resources while maintaining any manual changes made like scaling pods.

• --record - Add the current command as an annotation to the resource.
• --recursive - Recursively look for yaml in the specified directory.

Create Pod

kubectl run kuard --generator=run-pod/v1 --image=gcr.io/kuar-demo/kuard-amd64:1 --output yaml --export --dry-run > kuard-pod.yml
kubectl apply -f kuard-pod.yml

Create Deployment

kubectl run kuard --image=gcr.io/kuar-demo/kuard-amd64:1 --output yaml --export --dry-run > kuard-deployment.yml
kubectl apply -f kuard-deployment.yml

Create Service

kubectl expose deployment kuard --port 8080 --target-port=8080 --output yaml --export --dry-run > kuard-service.yml
kubectl apply -f kuard-service.yml

Export YAML for New Pod

kubectl run my-cool-app —-image=me/my-cool-app:v1 --output yaml --export --dry-run > my-cool-app.yaml

Export YAML for Existing Object

kubectl get deployment my-cool-app --output yaml --export > my-cool-app.yaml

Logs

• Get logs.

kubectl logs -l app=kuard

• Get logs for previously terminated container.

kubectl logs POD_NAME --previous

• Watch logs in real time.

kubectl attach POD_NAME

• Copy files out of pod (Requires tar binary in container).

kubectl cp POD_NAME:/var/log .

You can also install and use kail.

Port Forward

kubectl port-forward deployment/kuard 8080:8080

Scaling

• Update replicas.

kubectl scale deployment nginx-deployment --replicas=10

Autoscaling

• Set autoscaling config.

kubectl autoscale deployment nginx-deployment --min=10 --max=15 --cpu-percent=80

Rollout

• Get rollout status.

kubectl rollout status deployment/nginx-deployment
Waiting for rollout to finish: 2 out of 3 new replicas have been updated...
deployment "nginx-deployment" successfully rolled out

• Get rollout history.

kubectl rollout history deployment/nginx-deployment
kubectl rollout history deployment/nginx-deployment --revision=2

• Undo a rollout.

kubectl rollout undo deployment/nginx-deployment
kubectl rollout undo deployment/nginx-deployment --to-revision=2

• Pause/resume a rollout

kubectl rollout pause deployment/nginx-deployment
kubectl rollout resume deploy/nginx-deployment

Pod Example

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: cuda-test
spec:
  containers:
    - name: cuda-test
      image: "k8s.gcr.io/cuda-vector-add:v0.1"
      resources:
        limits:
          nvidia.com/gpu: 1
  nodeSelector:
    accelerator: nvidia-tesla-p100

Deployment Example

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: nginx-deployment
  namespace: my-namespace
  labels:
    - environment: production,
    - teir: frontend
  annotations:
    - key1: value1,
    - key2: value2
spec:
  replicas: 3
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: nginx
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: nginx
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: nginx
        image: nginx:1.7.9
        ports:
        - containerPort: 80

Dashboard

• Enable proxy

kubectl proxy

Azure Kubernetes Service

List of az aks commands

Get Credentials

az aks get-credentials --resource-group <Resource Group Name> --name <AKS Name>

Show Dashboard

Secure the dashboard like this. Then run:

az aks browse --resource-group <Resource Group Name> --name <AKS Name>

Upgrade

Get updates

az aks get-upgrades --resource-group <Resource Group Name> --name <AKS Name>