kubectl

Annotates Kubernetes resources.

Manage applications through files defining Kubernetes resources. Create and update resources in a cluster.

Attach to a process that is already running inside an existing container.

Inspect access permissions in a Kubernetes cluster.

Create an autoscaler to intelligently scale pod count based on kubernetes cluster demands.

Manage certificate signing requests.

Generate shell completion code for `kubectl` commands.

Manage Kubernetes configuration (kubeconfig) files for accessing clusters via `kubectl` or the Kubernetes API. By default, the Kubernetes will get its configuration from `${HOME}/.kube/config`. See also: `kubectx`, `kubens`.

Mark a node as unschedulable, preventing new pods from being assigned to it. See also: `kubectl uncordon`.

Copy files and directories between a local filesystem and a container in a pod.

Create a resource from a file or from `stdin`.

Debug cluster resources using interactive debugging containers.

Delete Kubernetes resources.

Show details of Kubernetes resources.

Check differences between live resources and files.

Drain a node in preparation for maintenance by marking it unschedulable and evicting all pods. See also: `kubectl cordon`, `kubectl uncordon`.

Edit Kubernetes resources.

Display resource events.

Execute a command in a container.

Display the documentation of a Kubernetes API resource, including available fields and descriptions.

Expose a resource as a new Kubernetes service.

Get Kubernetes objects and resources.

Build a set of Kubernetes resources using a `kustomization.yaml` file.

Label Kubernetes resources.

Show logs for containers in a pod.

Patch Kubernetes resources with new values.

Manage kubectl plugins that extend the functionality of the command.

Create a proxy server or application-level gateway between localhost and the Kubernetes API server.

Replace a resource by file or `stdin`.

Manage the rollout of a Kubernetes resource (deployments, daemonsets, and statefulsets).

Run pods in Kubernetes. Specifies pod generator to avoid deprecation error in some K8S versions.

Set a new size for a deployment, replica set, replication controller, or stateful set.

Update fields of existing application resources.

Update the taints on nodes.

See the resource consumption for nodes or pods.

Mark a node as schedulable, allowing new pods to be assigned to it. See also: `kubectl cordon`.

Print the client and server version information for the current context.

Wait for resource(s) to reach a certain state.