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Type a Kubernetes command that matches the task. Some answers will only have one correct prompt; however, there are a few that accept common equivalents (where they make sense) Studying for the CKA or CKAD? This is a good drill....at least I think so....
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List all nodes (in the current namespace)
kubectl get nodes
Show all pods in the current namespace
kubectl get pods
Show all pods in ALL namespaces
kubectl get pods -A
Describe a pod named nginx
kubectl describe pod nginx
Describe all pods (in the current namespace)
kubectl describe pods
Output the YAML for pod named nginx
kubectl get pod nginx -o yaml
Watch pods (in current namespace)
kubectl get pods -w
Create from a manifest file called app.yaml (hint: use apply)
kubectl apply -f app.yaml
Delete from a manifest file app.yaml
kubectl delete -f app.yaml
List all namespaces
kubectl get namespaces
Create a namespace named dev
kubectl create ns dev
Switch context namespace to dev
kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=dev
Create a deployment "web" using image nginx:1.25
kubectl create deploy web --image=nginx1.25
Scale deployment "web" to 3 replicas
kubectl scale deploy web --replicas=3
Update a deployment image (rolling update). Set "web" container nginx to nginx:1.26
kubectl set image deploy/web nginx=nginx:1.26
Check rollout status of the "web" deployment
kubectl rollout status deploy/web
Roll back a deployment of "web"
kubectl rollout undo deploy/web
Expose a deployment called "web" as a service on port 80 as ClusterIP
kubectl expose deploy web --port=80
Port Forwarding: Forward Local port 8080 to pod nginx on port 80
kubectl port-forward pod/nginx 8080:80
Exec into a pod. Get a shell in pod nginx.
kubectl exec -it nginx -- sh
View logs for pod nginx
kubectl logs nginx
View logs for a specific container. Pod is app, container is api
kubectl logs app -c api
Create a configmap (literal) app-cm with key=value
kubectl create cm app-cm --from-literal=key=value
Create a secret db with user=admin
kubectl create secret generic db --from-literal=user=admin
Create a service account
kubectl create sa build-bot
Get Events (sorted)
kubectl get events --sort-by=.metadata.creationTimestamp
Show wide pod details
kubectl get pods -o wide
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