[Sticky] Kubernetes top 50 kubectl commands

1. Get Cluster Information:

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   kubectl cluster-info


2. Get Nodes:

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   kubectl get nodes


3. Get Pods:

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   kubectl get pods


4. Get Services:

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   kubectl get services


5. Get Deployments:

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   kubectl get deployments


6. Get Configurations:

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   kubectl get configmaps


7. Get Namespaces:

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   kubectl get namespaces


8. Describe Pod:

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   kubectl describe pod <pod_name>


9. Expose a Service:

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   kubectl expose deployment <deployment_name> --type=LoadBalancer --port=80 --target-port=8080


10. Scale a Deployment:

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    kubectl scale deployment <deployment_name> --replicas=3


11. Delete a Pod:

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    kubectl delete pod <pod_name>


12. Delete a Service:

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    kubectl delete service <service_name>


13. Delete a Deployment:

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    kubectl delete deployment <deployment_name>


14. Pod Logs:

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    kubectl logs <pod_name>


15. Exec into a Pod:

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    kubectl exec -it <pod_name> -- /bin/bash


16. Port Forwarding:

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    kubectl port-forward <pod_name> 8080:80


17. Apply Configuration:

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    kubectl apply -f <file.yaml>


18. Get Persistent Volumes:

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    kubectl get pv


19. Get Persistent Volume Claims:

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    kubectl get pvc


20. Create a Namespace:

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    kubectl create namespace <namespace_name>


21. Delete a Namespace:

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    kubectl delete namespace <namespace_name>


22. Get All Resources in a Namespace:

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    kubectl get all -n <namespace_name>


23. Get ReplicaSets:

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    kubectl get replicasets


24. Get Ingress Resources:

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    kubectl get ingresses


25. Describe a Persistent Volume:

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    kubectl describe pv <pv_name>


26. Describe a Persistent Volume Claim:

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    kubectl describe pvc <pvc_name>


27. Get Resource Utilization (CPU, Memory):

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    kubectl top pods


28. Get API Resources:

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    kubectl api-resources


29. Create a Secret:

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    kubectl create secret generic <secret_name> --from-literal=key1=value1 --from-literal=key2=value2


30. Get Secrets:

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    kubectl get secrets


31. Create a ConfigMap:

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    kubectl create configmap <configmap_name> --from-literal=key1=value1 --from-literal=key2=value2


32. Rolling Restart of Deployments:

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    kubectl rollout restart deployment <deployment_name>


33. Label a Resource:

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    kubectl label pod <pod_name> env=production


34. Get Events:

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    kubectl get events


35. Create a Horizontal Pod Autoscaler:

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    kubectl autoscale deployment <deployment_name> --cpu-percent=50 --min=1 --max=10


36. Get Horizontal Pod Autoscalers:

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    kubectl get hpa


37. Get Storage Classes:

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    kubectl get storageclasses


38. Get Roles and RoleBindings:

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    kubectl get roles
kubectl get rolebindings


39. Get ClusterRoles and ClusterRoleBindings:

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    kubectl get clusterroles
kubectl get clusterrolebindings


40. Get StatefulSets:

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    kubectl get statefulsets


41. Create a Service Account:

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    kubectl create serviceaccount <serviceaccount_name>


42. Get Service Accounts:

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    kubectl get serviceaccounts


43. Resource Quotas:

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    kubectl create quota <quota_name> --hard=cpu=1,memory=1G,pods=2,replicationcontrollers=2,services=2


44. Attach to Persistent Volume:

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    kubectl attach -i <pod_name> -c <container_name> -it /bin/bash


45. Apply Resources from a Directory:

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    kubectl apply -f <directory>


46. Get Endpoints:

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    kubectl get endpoints


47. Network Policies:

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    kubectl get networkpolicies


48. Drain Node (for Maintenance):

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    kubectl drain <node_name> --ignore-daemonsets --delete-local-data


49. Uncordon Node:

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    kubectl uncordon <node_name>


50. Get All Resources Across All Namespaces:

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    kubectl get all --all-namespaces


These commands cover a range of Kubernetes management tasks. Adjust them based on your specific use case and requirements.