Kubectl Tips and Tricks

kubectl-tips-tricks.md

set the context to minikube running locally

kubectl config set-cluster minikube

create deployment yaml

kubectl run hello-world --image=myapp-container-image/k8s:1.0 --port=80 --dry-run -o yaml > myapp-deployment.yaml

create deployment yaml from existing deployment

kubectl get deployment hello-world -o yaml > my-existing-deployment.yaml

create servie yaml

you may want to decide on your service to run headless and change type argument below.

kubectl expose deployment hello-world --port=80 --type=LoadBalancer --dry-run -o yaml > myapp-service.yaml

copy remote file locally

kubectl cp pod:/remote-file /local/file

verbose kubectl

kubectl --v=8 version

see all options which are applied to all kubectl commands

kubectl options