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Kubernetes copy file to/from pod

How to Download/Upload a file to a running Kubernetes pod.

Download a file

kubectl --context=dev-gke --namespace=loon cp <pod>:<file> <local_file_name>

Example:

kubectl --context=dev-gke --namespace=videometadataservice cp http-6c56fbc86b-jg7tt:file.txt file.txt

Upload a file

kubectl --context=dev-gke --namespace=loon cp <local_file> <pod>:<filename>

Example:

kubectl --context=dev-gke --namespace=loon cp file.txt http-6c56fbc86b-jg7tt:file.txt
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