Synopsis
Execute a command in a container.
kubectl exec (POD | TYPE/NAME) [-c CONTAINER] [flags] -- COMMAND [args...]
Examples
# Get output from running the 'date' command from pod mypod, using the first container by default
kubectl exec mypod -- date
# Get output from running the 'date' command in ruby-container from pod mypod
kubectl exec mypod -c ruby-container -- date
# Switch to raw terminal mode; sends stdin to 'bash' in ruby-container from pod mypod
# and sends stdout/stderr from 'bash' back to the client
kubectl exec mypod -c ruby-container -i -t -- bash -il
# List contents of /usr from the first container of pod mypod and sort by modification time
# If the command you want to execute in the pod has any flags in common (e.g. -i),
# you must use two dashes (--) to separate your command's flags/arguments
# Also note, do not surround your command and its flags/arguments with quotes
# unless that is how you would execute it normally (i.e., do ls -t /usr, not "ls -t /usr")
kubectl exec mypod -i -t -- ls -t /usr
# Get output from running 'date' command from the first pod of the deployment mydeployment, using the first container by default
kubectl exec deploy/mydeployment -- date
# Get output from running 'date' command from the first pod of the service myservice, using the first container by default
kubectl exec svc/myservice -- date
Options
-c, --container string | |
Container name. If omitted, use the kubectl.kubernetes.io/default-container annotation for selecting the container to be attached or the first container in the pod will be chosen |
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-f, --filename strings | |
to use to exec into the resource |
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-h, --help | |
help for exec |
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--pod-running-timeout duration Default: 1m0s | |
The length of time (like 5s, 2m, or 3h, higher than zero) to wait until at least one pod is running |
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-q, --quiet | |
Only print output from the remote session |
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-i, --stdin | |
Pass stdin to the container |
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-t, --tty | |
Stdin is a TTY |
--as string | |
Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace. |
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--as-group strings | |
Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups. |
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--as-uid string | |
UID to impersonate for the operation. |
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--azure-container-registry-config string | |
Path to the file containing Azure container registry configuration information. |
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--cache-dir string Default: "$HOME/.kube/cache" | |
Default cache directory |
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--certificate-authority string | |
Path to a cert file for the certificate authority |
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--client-certificate string | |
Path to a client certificate file for TLS |
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--client-key string | |
Path to a client key file for TLS |
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--cloud-provider-gce-l7lb-src-cidrs cidrs Default: 130.211.0.0/22,35.191.0.0/16 | |
CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L7 LB traffic proxy & health checks |
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--cloud-provider-gce-lb-src-cidrs cidrs Default: 130.211.0.0/22,209.85.152.0/22,209.85.204.0/22,35.191.0.0/16 | |
CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L4 LB traffic proxy & health checks |
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--cluster string | |
The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use |
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--context string | |
The name of the kubeconfig context to use |
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--default-not-ready-toleration-seconds int Default: 300 | |
Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration. |
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--default-unreachable-toleration-seconds int Default: 300 | |
Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for unreachable:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration. |
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--disable-compression | |
If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server |
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--insecure-skip-tls-verify | |
If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure |
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--kubeconfig string | |
Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests. |
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--match-server-version | |
Require server version to match client version |
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-n, --namespace string | |
If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request |
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--password string | |
Password for basic authentication to the API server |
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--profile string Default: "none" | |
Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex) |
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--profile-output string Default: "profile.pprof" | |
Name of the file to write the profile to |
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--request-timeout string Default: "0" | |
The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests. |
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-s, --server string | |
The address and port of the Kubernetes API server |
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--storage-driver-buffer-duration duration Default: 1m0s | |
Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration, and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction |
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--storage-driver-db string Default: "cadvisor" | |
database name |
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--storage-driver-host string Default: "localhost:8086" | |
database host:port |
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--storage-driver-password string Default: "root" | |
database password |
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--storage-driver-secure | |
use secure connection with database |
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--storage-driver-table string Default: "stats" | |
table name |
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--storage-driver-user string Default: "root" | |
database username |
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--tls-server-name string | |
Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used |
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--token string | |
Bearer token for authentication to the API server |
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--user string | |
The name of the kubeconfig user to use |
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--username string | |
Username for basic authentication to the API server |
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--version version[=true] | |
--version, --version=raw prints version information and quits; --version=vX.Y.Z... sets the reported version |
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--warnings-as-errors | |
Treat warnings received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code |
See Also
- kubectl - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager