Kubernetes (kubectl) Commands

Essential kubectl commands for managing Kubernetes clusters.

Action	Command	Details
Get nodes	`kubectl get nodes`	List all nodes in the cluster.
Get pods	`kubectl get pods`	List all pods in the current namespace.
Describe pod	`kubectl describe pod <pod-name>`	Show detailed info about a pod.
Create deployment	`kubectl create deployment <name> --image=<image>`	Deploy a new application.
Scale deployment	`kubectl scale deployment <name> --replicas=<num>`	Scale number of pod replicas.
Delete pod	`kubectl delete pod <pod-name>`	Delete a specific pod.
Apply config	`kubectl apply -f <file.yaml>`	Apply configuration from a file.
Get services	`kubectl get svc`	List services in the namespace.
Expose deployment	`kubectl expose deployment <name> --type=LoadBalancer --port=80`	Create a service exposing deployment.
Logs	`kubectl logs <pod-name>`	View logs of a pod.
Exec into pod	`kubectl exec -it <pod-name> -- /bin/bash`	Open shell inside a pod.
Get namespaces	`kubectl get namespaces`	List all namespaces.
Set context	`kubectl config use-context <context-name>`	Switch between Kubernetes contexts.
Delete deployment	`kubectl delete deployment <name>`	Remove a deployment.