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Connection

calicoctl node status Check connectivity to the Calico datastore and node status calicoctl version Display the version of calicoctl and the Calico components

Networking

calicoctl get ippool List IP pools calicoctl get ippool -o wide List IP pools with more details calicoctl get ippool -o yaml Get a specific IP pool in YAML format calicoctl create -f pool.yaml Create an IP pool from a file calicoctl delete ippool Delete an IP pool

Policy

calicoctl get networkpolicy List NetworkPolicy resources calicoctl get globalnetworkpolicy List GlobalNetworkPolicy resources calicoctl get networkpolicy -n List NetworkPolicy resources in a namespace calicoctl get policy -o yaml Get a specific policy in YAML format calicoctl create -f policy.yaml Create a policy from a file calicoctl apply -f policy.yaml Apply a policy from a file (create or update) calicoctl delete policy Delete a policy

Nodes

calicoctl get nodes List Calico nodes calicoctl get node -o yaml Get a specific node in YAML format calicoctl node run Run the Calico node container on this host

BGP

calicoctl get bgppeer List BGP peers calicoctl get bgpconfig Show BGP configuration calicoctl create -f bgppeer.yaml Create a BGP peer from a file calicoctl delete bgppeer Delete a BGP peer

Troubleshooting

calicoctl node diag Gather diagnostic information calicoctl ipam show Show IPAM information calicoctl node checksystem Verify that the system is ready to run Calico