kubectl cp

all

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

Options (1)

-c, --containerboolean

Copy a file or directory to a specific container in a pod

Example: kubectl cp {{path/to/local_file}} {{pod_name}}:/{{path/to/file_in_pod}} {{[-c|--container]}} {{container_name}}

Copy a local file or directory to a pod

kubectl cp path/to/local_file pod_name:/path/to/file_in_pod

Copy a local file or directory to a pod in a specific namespace

kubectl cp path/to/local_file namespace/pod_name:/path/to/file_in_pod

Copy a file or directory from a pod to the local machine

kubectl cp namespace/pod_name:/path/to/file_in_pod path/to/local_file

Copy a file or directory to a specific container in a pod

kubectl cp path/to/local_file pod_name:/path/to/file_in_pod [-c|--container] container_name

Copy a file or directory to a pod without preserving ownership and permissions

kubectl cp path/to/local_file namespace/pod_name:/path/to/file_in_pod --no-preserve

Copy a local file or directory to a pod with retries on failure

kubectl cp path/to/local_file pod_name:/path/to/file_in_pod --retries 3