# Get the Latest Kubernetes Cheat Sheet for Simplifying Container Orchestration

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Kubernetes is an open-source container-orchestration system for automating application deployment, scaling, and management. It was originally designed by Google and is now maintained by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation.

## **Common Commands**

| Name | Command |
| --- | --- |
| Run curl test temporarily | `kubectl run --rm mytest --image=yauritux/busybox-curl -it` |
| Run wget test temporarily | `kubectl run --rm mytest --image=busybox -it` |
| Run nginx deployment with 2 replicas | `kubectl run my-nginx --image=nginx --replicas=2 --port=80` |
| Run nginx pod and expose it | `kubectl run my-nginx --restart=Never --image=nginx --port=80 --expose` |
| Run nginx deployment and expose it | `kubectl run my-nginx --image=nginx --port=80 --expose` |
| Set namespace preference | `kubectl config set-context <context_name> --namespace=<ns_name>` |
| List pods with nodes info | `kubectl get pod -o wide` |
| List everything | `kubectl get all --all-namespaces` |
| Get all services | `kubectl get service --all-namespaces` |
| Show nodes with labels | `kubectl get nodes --show-labels` |
| Validate yaml file with dry run | `kubectl create --dry-run --validate -f pod-dummy.yaml` |
| Start a temporary pod for testing | `kubectl run --rm -i -t --image=alpine test-$RANDOM -- sh` |
| kubectl run shell command | `kubectl exec -it mytest -- ls -l /etc/hosts` |
| Get system conf via configmap | `kubectl -n kube-system get cm kubeadm-config -o yaml` |
| Get deployment yaml | `kubectl -n denny-websites get deployment mysql -o yaml` |
| Explain resource | `kubectl explain pods`, `kubectl explain svc` |
| Watch pods | `kubectl get pods -n wordpress --watch` |
| Query healthcheck endpoint | `curl -L` [`https://127.0.0.1:10250/healthz`](https://127.0.0.1:10250/healthz) |
| Open a bash terminal in a pod | `kubectl exec -it storage sh` |
| Check pod environment variables | `kubectl exec redis-master-ft9ex env` |
| Enable kubectl shell autocompletion | `echo "source <(kubectl completion bash)" >>~/.bashrc`, and reload |
| Use minikube dockerd in your laptop | `eval $(minikube docker-env)`, No need to push docker hub any more |
| Kubectl apply a folder of yaml files | `kubectl apply -R -f .` |
| Get services sorted by name | `kubectl get services –sort-by=.metadata.name` |
| Get pods sorted by restart count | `kubectl get pods –sort-by=’.status.containerStatuses[0].restartCount’` |
| [Ubuntu install kubectl](https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/) | `"deb` [`https://apt.kubernetes.io/`](https://apt.kubernetes.io/) `kubernetes-xenial main"` |

## **Check Performance**

| Name | Command |
| --- | --- |
| Get node resource usage | `kubectl top node` |
| Get pod resource usage | `kubectl top pod` |
| Get resource usage for a given pod | `kubectl top <podname> --containers` |
| List resource utilization for all containers | `kubectl top pod --all-namespaces --containers=true` |

## **Resources Deletion**

| Name | Command |
| --- | --- |
| Delete pod | `kubectl delete pod/<pod-name> -n <my-namespace>` |
| Delete pod by force | `kubectl delete pod/<pod-name> --grace-period=0 --force` |
| Delete pods by labels | `kubectl delete pod -l env=test` |
| Delete deployments by labels | `kubectl delete deployment -l app=wordpress` |
| Delete all resources filtered by labels | `kubectl delete pods,services -l name=myLabel` |
| Delete resources under a namespace | `kubectl -n my-ns delete po,svc --all` |
| Delete persist volumes by labels | `kubectl delete pvc -l app=wordpress` |
| Delete statefulset only (not pods) | `kubectl delete sts/<stateful_set_name> --cascade=false` |

## **Log & Conf Files**

| Name | Comment |
| --- | --- |
| Config folder | `/etc/kubernetes/` |
| Certificate files | `/etc/kubernetes/pki/` |
| Credentials to API server | `/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.conf` |
| Superuser credentials | `/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf` |
| kubectl config file | `~/.kube/config` |
| Kubernets working dir | `/var/lib/kubelet/` |
| Docker working dir | `/var/lib/docker/`, `/var/log/containers/` |
| Etcd working dir | `/var/lib/etcd/` |
| Network cni | `/etc/cni/net.d/` |
| Log files | `/var/log/pods/` |
| log in worker node | `/var/log/kubelet.log`, `/var/log/kube-proxy.log` |
| log in master node | `kube-apiserver.log`, `kube-scheduler.log`, `kube-controller-manager.log` |
| Env | `/etc/systemd/system/kubelet.service.d/10-kubeadm.conf` |
| Env | `export KUBECONFIG=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf` |

## **Pod**

| Name | Command |
| --- | --- |
| List all pods | `kubectl get pods` |
| List pods for all namespace | `kubectl get pods -all-namespaces` |
| List all critical pods | `kubectl get -n kube-system pods -a` |
| List pods with more info | `kubectl get pod -o wide`, `kubectl get pod/<pod-name> -o yaml` |
| Get pod info | `kubectl describe pod/srv-mysql-server` |
| List all pods with labels | `kubectl get pods --show-labels` |
| List running pods | `kubectl get pods –field-selector=status.phase=Running` |
| Get Pod initContainer status | `kubectl get pod --template '{.status.initContainerStatuses}' <pod-name>` |
| kubectl run command | `kubectl exec -it -n “$ns” “$podname” – sh -c “echo $msg >>/dev/err.log”` |
| Watch pods | `kubectl get pods -n wordpress --watch` |
| Get pod by selector | `kubectl get pods –selector=”app=syslog” -o jsonpath='{.items[*].`[`metadata.name`](http://metadata.name)`}’` |
| List pods and images | `kubectl get pods -o=’custom-columns=PODS:.`[`metadata.name`](http://metadata.name)`,Images:.spec.containers[*].image’` |
| List pods and containers | `-o=’custom-columns=PODS:.`[`metadata.name`](http://metadata.name)`,CONTAINERS:.spec.containers[*].name’` |

## **Label & Annontation**

| Name | Command |
| --- | --- |
| Filter pods by label | `kubectl get pods -l owner=denny` |
| Manually add label to a pod | `kubectl label pods dummy-input owner=denny` |
| Remove label | `kubectl label pods dummy-input owner-` |
| Manually add annonation to a pod | `kubectl annotate pods dummy-input my-url=`[`https://dennyzhang.com`](https://dennyzhang.com) |

## **Deployment & Scale**

| Name | Command |
| --- | --- |
| Scale out | `kubectl scale --replicas=3 deployment/nginx-app` |
| online rolling upgrade | `kubectl rollout app-v1 app-v2 --image=img:v2` |
| Roll backup | `kubectl rollout app-v1 app-v2 --rollback` |
| List rollout | `kubectl get rs` |
| Check update status | `kubectl rollout status deployment/nginx-app` |
| Check update history | `kubectl rollout history deployment/nginx-app` |
| Pause/Resume | `kubectl rollout pause deployment/nginx-deployment`, `resume` |
| Rollback to previous version | `kubectl rollout undo deployment/nginx-deployment` |

## **Quota & Limits & Resource**

| Name | Command |
| --- | --- |
| List Resource Quota | `kubectl get resourcequota` |
| List Limit Range | `kubectl get limitrange` |
| Customize resource definition | `kubectl set resources deployment nginx -c=nginx --limits=cpu=200m` |
| Customize resource definition | `kubectl set resources deployment nginx -c=nginx --limits=memory=512Mi` |

## **Service**

| Name | Command |
| --- | --- |
| List all services | `kubectl get services` |
| List service endpoints | `kubectl get endpoints` |
| Get service detail | `kubectl get service nginx-service -o yaml` |
| Get service cluster ip | `kubectl get service nginx-service -o go-template='{.spec.clusterIP}’` |
| Get service cluster port | `kubectl get service nginx-service -o go-template='{(index .spec.ports 0).port}’` |
| Expose deployment as lb service | `kubectl expose deployment/my-app --type=LoadBalancer --name=my-service` |
| Expose service as lb service | `kubectl expose service/wordpress-1-svc --type=LoadBalancer --name=ns1` |

## **Secrets**

| Name | Command |
| --- | --- |
| List secrets | `kubectl get secrets --all-namespaces` |
| Generate secret | `echo -n 'mypasswd'`, then redirect to `base64 -decode` |
| Create secret from cfg file | `kubectl create secret generic db-user-pass –from-file=./username.txt` |

## **StatefulSet**

| Name | Command |
| --- | --- |
| List statefulset | `kubectl get sts` |
| Delete statefulset only (not pods) | `kubectl delete sts/<stateful_set_name> --cascade=false` |
| Scale statefulset | `kubectl scale sts/<stateful_set_name> --replicas=5` |

## **Volumes & Volume Claims**

| Name | Command |
| --- | --- |
| List storage class | `kubectl get storageclass` |
| Check the mounted volumes | `kubectl exec storage ls /data` |
| Check persist volume | `kubectl describe pv/pv0001` |
| Copy local file to pod | `kubectl cp /tmp/my <some-namespace>/<some-pod>:/tmp/server` |
| Copy pod file to local | `kubectl cp <some-namespace>/<some-pod>:/tmp/server /tmp/my` |

## **Events & Metrics**

| Name | Command |
| --- | --- |
| View all events | `kubectl get events --all-namespaces` |
| List Events sorted by timestamp | `kubectl get events –sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp` |

## **Node Maintenance**

| Name | Command |
| --- | --- |
| Mark node as unschedulable | `kubectl cordon $NDOE_NAME` |
| Mark node as schedulable | `kubectl uncordon $NDOE_NAME` |
| Drain node in preparation for maintenance | `kubectl drain $NODE_NAME` |

## **Namespace & Security**

| Name | Command |
| --- | --- |
| List authenticated contexts | `kubectl config get-contexts`, `~/.kube/config` |
| Set namespace preference | `kubectl config set-context <context_name> --namespace=<ns_name>` |
| Load context from config file | `kubectl get cs --kubeconfig kube_config.yml` |
| Switch context | `kubectl config use-context <cluster-name>` |
| Delete the specified context | `kubectl config delete-context <cluster-name>` |
| List all namespaces defined | `kubectl get namespaces` |
| List certificates | `kubectl get csr` |

## **Network**

| Name | Command |
| --- | --- |
| Temporarily add a port-forwarding | `kubectl port-forward redis-izl09 6379` |
| Add port-forwaring for deployment | `kubectl port-forward deployment/redis-master 6379:6379` |
| Add port-forwaring for replicaset | `kubectl port-forward rs/redis-master 6379:6379` |
| Add port-forwaring for service | `kubectl port-forward svc/redis-master 6379:6379` |
| Get network policy | `kubectl get NetworkPolicy` |

## **Patch**

| Name | Summary |
| --- | --- |
| Patch service to loadbalancer | `kubectl patch svc $svc_name -p '{"spec": {"type": "LoadBalancer"}}'` |

## **Extenstions**

| Name | Summary |
| --- | --- |
| List api group | `kubectl api-versions` |
| List all CRD | `kubectl get crd` |
| List storageclass | `kubectl get storageclass` |
| List all supported resources | `kubectl api-resources` |

## **Components & Services**

### **1\. Services on Master Nodes**

| Name | Summary |
| --- | --- |
| [kube-apiserver](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/cmd/kube-apiserver) | exposes the Kubernetes API from master nodes |
| [etcd](https://coreos.com/etcd/) | reliable data store for all k8s cluster data |
| [kube-scheduler](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/cmd/kube-scheduler) | schedule pods to run on selected nodes |
| [kube-controller-manager](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/cmd/kube-controller-manager) | node controller, replication controller, endpoints controller, and service account & token controllers |

### **2\. Services on Worker Nodes**

| Name | Summary |
| --- | --- |
| [kubelet](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/cmd/kubelet) | makes sure that containers are running in a pod |
| [kube-proxy](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/cmd/kube-proxy) | perform connection forwarding |
| [Container Runtime](https://github.com/docker/engine) | Kubernetes supported runtimes: Docker, rkt, runc and any [OCI runtime-spec](https://github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec) implementation. |

### **3\. Addons: pods and services that implement cluster features**

| Name | Summary |
| --- | --- |
| DNS | serves DNS records for Kubernetes services |
| Web UI | a general purpose, web-based UI for Kubernetes clusters |
| Container Resource Monitoring | collect, store and serve container metrics |
| Cluster-level Logging | save container logs to a central log store with search/browsing interface |

### **4\. Tools**

| Name | Summary |
| --- | --- |
| [kubectl](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/cmd/kubectl) | the command line util to talk to k8s cluster |
| [kubeadm](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/master/cmd/kubeadm) | the command to bootstrap the cluster |
| [kubefed](https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/setup-tools/kubefed/kubefed/) | the command line to control a Kubernetes Cluster Federation |
| Kubernetes Components | [Link: Kubernetes Components](https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/components/) |

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Thanks for reading to the end; I hope you gained some knowledge. ❤️🙌

\- Rushikesh Mashidkar💕