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Connection

kubectl config use-context
Switch to a specific Kubernetes context

kubectl config get-contexts
List available contexts

kubectl config current-context
Show current active context

kubectl cluster-info
Display cluster information

Pod Operations

kubectl get pods
List all pods in the current namespace

kubectl get pods -n
List pods in a specific namespace

kubectl get pods --all-namespaces
List pods across all namespaces

kubectl describe pod
Show detailed information about a pod

kubectl logs
Show logs for a pod

kubectl logs -c
Show logs for a specific container in a pod

kubectl exec -it --
Execute a command in a pod's container

Resource Management

kubectl get
List resources (nodes, deployments, services, etc.)

kubectl describe
Show detailed information about a resource

kubectl get events
Show events in the current namespace

kubectl top pod
Show CPU/Memory usage of pods

kubectl top node
Show CPU/Memory usage of nodes

Deployment Operations

kubectl get deployments
List all deployments

kubectl rollout status deployment/
Check deployment rollout status

kubectl rollout history deployment/
View rollout history

kubectl rollout undo deployment/
Rollback to previous deployment version

Configuration & Settings

kubectl get configmaps
List all ConfigMaps

kubectl get secrets
List all Secrets

kubectl get namespaces
List all namespaces

Troubleshooting

kubectl get componentstatuses
Check components health

kubectl get nodes
Check node status

kubectl debug -it --image=busybox
Debug a pod with a temporary container

kubectl port-forward :
Forward port from pod to local machine

Resource Creation/Editing

kubectl apply -f
Create/update resources from a YAML file

kubectl edit
Edit a resource directly

kubectl delete
Delete a resource