Kubernetes Cheatsheet

Authentication & Switching Clusters

gcloud container clusters get-credentials <cluster_name> Add cluster to config
kubectl config use-context switch context
kubectl config current-context get name of current context
kubectl config get-clusters list all k8s clusters currently in config file
kubectl config get-contexts list all contexts, showing active context too
kubectl config rename-context <ugly_long_name> <shortName> Rename context name for easier switching

kubectl describe pod <pod id> Get info on pod
kubectl exec -it <pod id> -- /bin/bash SSH into pod
kubectl create -f https://k8s.io/examples/application/shell-demo.yaml create pod
kubectl get pod shell-demo get pod info
kubectl exec -it shell-demo -- /bin/bash get shell into running container