Phase 8 · Kubernetes & Orchestration

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Kubectl Essentials

Part of the DevOps Roadmap.

Summary

The command-line tool for interacting with a Kubernetes cluster — get, describe, apply, logs, and exec cover the vast majority of day-to-day operations and troubleshooting.

How to Learn This

  • 1Practice kubectl get, describe, and logs on resources in your local cluster.
  • 2Use kubectl apply -f to deploy a manifest file, rather than imperative commands.
  • 3Learn kubectl exec to get a shell inside a running container for live debugging.
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