1sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https
2curl -s https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
3echo "deb https://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
4sudo apt-get update
5sudo apt-get install -y kubectl

 1cat << EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
 2[kubernetes]
 3name=Kubernetes
 4baseurl=https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/repos/kubernetes-el7-x86_64
 5enabled=1
 6gpgcheck=1
 7repo_gpgcheck=1
 8gpgkey=https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/doc/yum-key.gpg https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/doc/rpm-package-key.gpg
 9EOF
10yum install -y kubectl

1brew install bash-completion

1brew install bash-completion@2

1kubectl completion bash > $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion.d/kubectl

1source <(kubectl completion bash)

1kubectl completion bash > ~/.kube/completion.bash.inc
2printf "
3# Kubectl shell completion
4source '$HOME/.kube/completion.bash.inc'
5" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
6source $HOME/.bash_profile

1source <(kubectl completion zsh)

1kubectl [command] [TYPE] [NAME] [flags]

1# Create a pod using the configuration in pod.json
2kubectl create -f ./pod.json
3
4# Create all resources in a folder
5kubectl create -f <folder_name>

1# Delete a pod using the configuration in pod.json
2kubectl delete -f ./pod.json
3
4# Delete a pod with the specified name
5kubectl delete pod <pod_name>
6
7# Delete all pods
8kubectl delete pods --all

1# Edit the service named 'docker-registry'
2kubectl edit svc/docker-registry

1# Expose a replication controller nginx as a service on port 80
2kubectl expose rc nginx --port=80 --target-port=8000

1# List all pods
2kubectl get pods
3
4# List pods with additional details (such as node name)
5kubectl get pods -o wide
6
7# Get a single pod in JSON format
8kubectl get pod <pod-name> -o json

1# Run a single instance of nginx
2kubectl run nginx --image=nginx
3
4# Run a replicated instance of nginx
5kubectl run nginx --image=nginx --replicas=5

1# Update deployment 'registry' with a new environment variable
2kubectl set env deployment/registry STORAGE_DIR=/local
3
4# Set a deployment's nginx container image to 'nginx:1.9.1'
5kubectl set image deployment/nginx nginx=nginx:1.9.1

1kubectl autoscale deployment foo --min=2 --max=10

1# Rollback to the previous deployment
2kubectl rollout undo deployment/abc

1# Scale a deployment named 'nginx' to 3 replicas
2kubectl scale --replicas=3 deployment/nginx

1kubectl cluster-info

1# Mark node "foo" as unschedulable
2kubectl cordon foo
3
4# Mark node "foo" as schedulable
5kubectl uncordon foo

1# Drain node "foo", even if there are pods not managed by a ReplicationController, R
2$ kubectl drain foo --force
3
4# As above, but abort if there are pods not managed by a ReplicationController, Repl
5$ kubectl drain foo --grace-period = 90
6
7#Drain node by ignoring Deamonsets
8kubectl drain <node_name> --ignore-daemonsets

 1# Show metrics for all nodes
 2kubectl top node
 3
 4# Show metrics for a given node
 5kubectl top node NODE_NAME
 6
 7# Show metrics for all pods in the default namespace
 8kubectl top pod
 9
10# Show metrics for all pods in the given namespace
11kubectl top pod --namespace = NAMESPACE
12
13# Show metrics for a given pod and its containers
14kubectl top pod POD_NAME --containers
15
16# Show metrics for the pods defined by label name=myLabel
17kubectl top pod -l name = myLabel

 1# Update node 'foo' with a taint with key 'dedicated' and value 'special-user' and e
 2# If a taint with that key and effect already exists, its value is replaced as speci
 3kubectl taint nodes foo dedicated = special-user:NoSchedule
 4
 5# Remove from node 'foo' the taint with key 'dedicated' and effect 'NoSchedule' if o
 6kubectl taint nodes foo dedicated:NoSchedule-
 7
 8# Remove from node 'foo' all the taints with key 'dedicated'
 9kubectl taint nodes foo dedicated-
10
11# Add a taint with key 'dedicated' on nodes having label mylabel=X
12kubectl taint node -l myLabel = X dedicated = foo:PreferNoSchedule

 1# Describe a node
 2kubectl describe nodes kubernetes-node-emt8.c.myproject.internal
 3
 4# Describe a pod
 5kubectl describe pods/<pod-name>
 6
 7# Describe a pod identified by type and name in "pod.json"
 8kubectl describe -f pod.json
 9
10# Describe all pods
11kubectl describe pods
12
13# Describe pods by label name=myLabel
14kubectl describe po -l name = myLabel
15
16# Describe all pods managed by the 'frontend' replication controller (rc-created pod
17# get the name of the rc as a prefix in the pod the name).
18kubectl describe pods frontend
19
20# Get output from running 'date' from pod 123456-7890, using the first container by
21kubectl exec 123456-7890 date
22
23# Get output from running 'date' in ruby-container from pod 123456-
24kubectl exec 123456-7890 -c ruby-container date
25
26# Switch to raw terminal mode, sends stdin to 'bash' in ruby-container from pod 1234
27# and sends stdout/stderr from 'bash' back to the client
28kubectl exec 123456-7890 -c ruby-container -i -t -- bash -il

 1# Return snapshot logs from pod nginx with only one container
 2kubectl logs nginx
 3
 4# Return snapshot logs for the pods defined by label app=nginx
 5kubectl logs -lapp = nginx
 6
 7# Return snapshot of previous terminated ruby container logs from pod web-
 8kubectl logs -p -c ruby web-
 9
10# Begin streaming the logs of the ruby container in pod web-
11kubectl logs -f -c ruby web-
12
13# Display only the most recent 20 lines of output in pod nginx
14kubectl logs --tail = 20 nginx
15
16# Show all logs from pod nginx written in the last hour
17kubectl logs --since = 1h nginx
18
19# Return snapshot logs from first container of a job named hello
20kubectl logs job/hello
21
22# Return snapshot logs from container nginx-1 of a deployment named nginx
23kubectl logs deployment/nginx -c nginx-

 1# To proxy all of the kubernetes api and nothing else, use:
 2$ kubectl proxy --api-prefix = /
 3
 4# To proxy only part of the kubernetes api and also some static files:
 5$ kubectl proxy --www = /my/files --www-prefix = /static/ --api-prefix = /api/
 6# The above lets you 'curl localhost:8001/api/v1/pods'.
 7
 8# To proxy the entire kubernetes api at a different root, use:
 9$ kubectl proxy --api-prefix = /custom/
10# The above lets you 'curl localhost:8001/custom/api/v1/pods'
11
12# Run a proxy to kubernetes apiserver on port 8011, serving static content from ./lo
13kubectl proxy --port = 8011 --www = ./local/www/

 1# Run a proxy to kubernetes apiserver on an arbitrary local port.
 2# The chosen port for the server will be output to stdout.
 3kubectl proxy --port = 0
 4
 5# Apply the configuration in pod.json to a pod.
 6kubectl apply -f ./pod.json
 7
 8# Apply the JSON passed into stdin to a pod.
 9cat pod.json | kubectl apply -f -
10
11# Note: --prune is still in Alpha
12# Apply the configuration in manifest.yaml that matches label app=nginx and delete a
13kubectl apply --prune -f manifest.yaml -l app = nginx
14
15# Apply the configuration in manifest.yaml and delete all the other configmaps that
16kubectl apply --prune -f manifest.yaml --all --prune-whitelist = core/v1/ConfigMap
17
18# Update pod 'foo' with the label 'unhealthy' and the value 'true'.
19kubectl label pods foo unhealthy = true
20
21# Update pod 'foo' with the label 'status' and the value 'unhealthy', overwriting an
22kubectl label --overwrite pods foo status = unhealthy
23
24# Update all pods in the namespace
25kubectl label pods --all status = unhealthy
26
27# Update a pod identified by the type and name in "pod.json"

 1kubectl label -f pod.json status = unhealthy
 2
 3# Update pod 'foo' only if the resource is unchanged from version 1.
 4kubectl label pods foo status = unhealthy --resource-version = 1
 5
 6# Update pod 'foo' by removing a label named 'bar' if it exists.
 7# Does not require the --overwrite flag.
 8kubectl label pods foo bar-
 9
10# Display the current-context
11kubectl config current-context
12
13# Delete the minikube cluster
14kubectl config delete-cluster minikube
15
16# Delete the context for the minikube cluster
17kubectl config delete-context minikube
18
19# List the clusters kubectl knows about
20kubectl config get-clusters
21
22# List the context kubectl knows about
23kubectl config get-contexts
24
25# Rename the context 'old-name' to 'new-name' in your kubeconfig file
26kubectl config rename-context old-name new-name
27
28# Set only the server field on the e2e cluster entry without touching other values.
29kubectl config set-cluster e2e --server = https://1.2.3.
30
31# Embed certificate authority data for the e2e cluster entry
32kubectl config set-cluster e2e --certificate-authority = ~/.kube/e2e/kubernetes.ca.crt
33
34# Disable cert checking for the dev cluster entry
35kubectl config set-cluster e2e --insecure-skip-tls-verify = true
36
37# Set the user field on the gce context entry without touching other values
38kubectl config set-context gce --user = cluster-admin