kubectl & jq

kubectl & jq tips & tricks

pod

  • wait for specific pod to be ready using labels – good for scripting
    $ kubectl wait --for=condition-ready pod -l foo-bar

  • list pod status
    $ kubectl -n <namespace> get pods -ojson | jq '.items[].status'

  • list pods that are not ready
    $ kubectl -n <namespace> get pods -ojson | jq '.items[].status.containerStatuses | select(.[].ready == false) | .metadata.name'

  • List pods and the nodes that they run on
    $ kubectl get pod -o=custom-colums=NODE:.spec.nodeName,NAME:.metadata.name

  • List pods sorted by memory usage
    $ kubectl top pods --all-namespaces --sort-by="memory"

  • List pods that have specific label value
    $ kubectl get pods -l 'label in (foo,bar)'

  • number of pods running in specific namespace
    $ kubectl -n <namespace> get pods -ojson | jq '. | length'

  • pod logs from last restart
    $ kubectl logs <name> --previous

  • pod logs from pods with specific label
    $ kubectl logs -l foo=bar

  • copy a file from pod to local (can work visa versa)
    $ kubectl cp <namespace>/<pod name>:<file path> <local file path>

  • delete pod NOW
    $ kubectl delete pod <name> --now

service

secrets

  • copy a secret from one namespace to another
    $ kubectl get secrets -o json --namespace | \ jq '.items[].metadata.namespace = ""' | \ kubectl create-f -

deployment

  • create the default yaml to customize for your deployment
    $ kubectl run test -- image=grafana/grafana --dry-run -o yaml

patching

  • edit a resource and get the patch
    $ kubectl edit <resource>/<name> --output-pathch

  • Apply the patch
    $ kubectl patch --patch=<output file from previous>

port-fowrard

  • forward a port from a service to a local port
    $ kubectl port-foward svc/<name> <local-port>:<remote-port>

environment vars

  • list env vars for a resource
    $ kubectl set env <resource>/<name> --list

selector

  • Get all resources that match a selector
    $ kubectl get deployment,replicasets,pods,services --selector=foo=bar

events

  • list events sorted by lastTimestamp
    $ kubectl get events --sort-by=".lastTimestamp"

  • watch warnings across all namespaces
    $ kubeclt get events -w --field-selector=type=Warning --all-namespaces

  • add event column to the list of watched pods
    $ kubectl get pods -w --output-watch-events

autoscale

  • load-based horizontal pod autoscaling
    $ kubectl autoscale deployment <deployment name> --min=3 --max=12

annotation

  • add annotation
    $ kubectl annotate <resource>/<name> foo=bar
  • remove annotation
    $ kubectl annotate <resource>/<name> foo-
  • list annotations
    $ kubectl get <resource>/<name> -o jsonpath='{.metadata.annotations}'
    OR
    $ kubectl get <resource>/<name> -o=json | jq -r '.metadata.annotations'

job & cronjob

  • Create a new job from a cronjob
    $ kubectl create job --from=cronjob/<name of cronjob> <name of this job>