Introducing Azure Kubernetes Service: A Practical Guide to Container Orchestration

© Steve Buchanan, Janaka Rangama, Ned Bellavance  2020

S. Buchanan et al.Introducing Azure Kubernetes Service https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5519-3_4

4. kubectl Overview

Steve Buchanan¹ , Janaka Rangama² and Ned Bellavance³

(1)

Plymouth, MN, USA

(2)

Victoria, VIC, Australia

(3)

New Britain, PA, USA

 

kubectl is a command line interface for executing commands against Kubernetes clusters. You can use kubectl to deploy applications, check and manage Kubernetes cluster resources, and examine logs.

In this chapter, we will discuss the various kubectl commands that you will use for your cluster operations. We will cover the basic commands and provide examples of how to use kubectl for common operations such as application management, debugging, and cluster ...