Top 10 Kubernetes Commands

in our previous article we have discussed what is Kubernetes
in this article we will go through the most important commands you need to know when you are dealing with K8

Check version

Check the version of kubectl and the Kubernetes cluster.

kubectl version

get pods

List all pods in the current namespace.

kubectl get pods

get nodes

List all nodes in the cluster

kubectl get nodes

get deployments

List all deployments in the current namespace.

kubectl get deployments

describe pod

Get detailed information about a specific pod.

kubectl describe pod [pod_name]

get logs

View the logs of a specific pod.

kubectl logs [pod_name]

apply

Apply a configuration file to create or update a resource (e.g., pod, service, deployment).

kubectl apply -f [filename]

Execute

Execute a command in a running pod.

kubectl exec -it [pod_name] -- [command]

scale deployment

Scale the number of replicas for a deployment.

kubectl scale deployment [deployment_name] --replicas=[num_replicas]

Delete resource

Delete a resource by specifying its type and name.

kubectl delete [resource_type] [resource_name]

these are commands you need to get started but for sure you will need more commands

Comments

[Amini Yehia]

thanks for this list

[Hasan Elsherbiny]

you welcome