kubectl How-To

Connect to a Cluster

• Ensure kubeconfig is set up.
• Switch context: kubectl config use-context <name>.

Inspect Resources

• kubectl get pods -A
• kubectl describe pod <pod>
• kubectl logs <pod>

Deploy Applications

• Imperative: kubectl run nginx --image=nginx
• Declarative: kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml

Manage Configuration

• ConfigMaps: kubectl create configmap ...
• Secrets: kubectl create secret ...

Debug Workloads

• View events: kubectl get events
• Resource usage: kubectl top pods
• Restart deployment: kubectl rollout restart deployment <name>