Kubectl Cheat Sheet

Contexts and Configuration

Command	Description
kubectl config view	Show the current kubeconfig file
kubectl config get-contexts	List all contexts in the kubeconfig file
kubectl config current-context	Show the current context
kubectl config use-context <context>	Change the current context
kubectl config set-context <context> --namespace=<namespace>	Set the namespace for a context
kubectl config set-context <context> --cluster=<cluster>	Set the cluster for a context
kubectl config set-context <context> --user=<user>	Set the user for a context
kubectl config set-context <context> --namespace=<namespace> --cluster=<cluster> --user=<user>	Set all context properties

Cluster Management

Command	Description
kubectl cluster-info	Display addresses of the master and services
kubectl get nodes	List all nodes in the cluster
kubectl get pods	List all pods in the cluster
kubectl get services	List all services in the cluster
kubectl get deployments	List all deployments in the cluster
kubectl get namespaces	List all namespaces in the cluster
kubectl get events	List all events in the cluster

Resource Management

Command	Description
kubectl apply -f <file>	Apply a configuration file
kubectl delete -f <file>	Delete a configuration file
kubectl get <resource>	List all resources of a type
kubectl describe <resource> <name>	Describe a resource
kubectl edit <resource> <name>	Edit a resource
kubectl exec -it <pod> -- <command>	Execute a command in a pod

Pod Management

Command	Description
kubectl run <name> --image=<image>	Create a new pod
kubectl delete pod <name>	Delete a pod
kubectl get pod <name>	Get details of a pod
kubectl describe pod <name>	Describe a pod
kubectl logs <name>	Show logs of a pod
kubectl exec -it <name> -- /bin/bash	Execute a command in a pod
kubectl cp <pod>:<source> <destination>	Copy files from a pod
kubectl top node	Show metrics for all nodes
kubectl top pod	Show metrics for all pods
kubectl top pod <name>	Show metrics for a specific pod

Service Management

Command	Description
kubectl expose pod <name> --port=444 --target-port=555	Expose a pod as a service
kubectl delete service <name>	Delete a service
kubectl get service <name>	Get details of a service
kubectl describe service <name>	Describe a service

Deployment Management

Command	Description
kubectl create deployment <name> --image=<image>	Create a new deployment
kubectl delete deployment <name>	Delete a deployment
kubectl get deployment <name>	Get details of a deployment
kubectl describe deployment <name>	Describe a deployment
kubectl scale deployment <name> --replicas=3	Scale a deployment to 3 replicas
kubectl rollout status deployment/<name>	Check the status of a deployment rollout
kubectl rollout history deployment/<name>	Show the history of a deployment rollout
kubectl rollout undo deployment/<name>	Rollback a deployment to the previous version
kubectl rollout undo deployment/<name> --to-revision=1	Rollback a deployment to a specific revision

Namespace Management

Command	Description
kubectl create namespace <name>	Create a new namespace
kubectl delete namespace <name>	Delete a namespace
kubectl get namespace <name>	Get details of a namespace
kubectl describe namespace <name>	Describe a namespace