Kubectl Cheat Sheet

This cheat sheet provides commonly used kubectl commands for managing Kubernetes clusters.

Basic Commands

List all pods#

kubectl get pods

List all pods in a specific namespace#

kubectl get pods -n <namespace>

List all nodes#

kubectl get nodes

List all services#

kubectl get services

How to check logs of the pods#

kubectl logs <pod-name>

How to check logs of the pods in a specific namespace#

kubectl logs <pod-name> -n <namespace>

How to check logs of the pods in a specific container#

kubectl logs <pod-name> -c <container-name>

How to check logs of the pods in a specific container in a specific namespace#

kubectl logs <pod-name> -c <container-name> -n <namespace>

How to check logs of the pods in a specific container in a specific namespace with timestamps#

kubectl logs <pod-name> -c <container-name> -n <namespace> --timestamps

How to check logs of the pods in a specific container in a specific namespace with timestamps and limit the output to 10 lines#

kubectl logs <pod-name> -c <container-name> -n <namespace> --timestamps --tail 10