kubectl

Run a kubectl binary matching the cluster version

minikube kubectl

Run a kubectl binary matching the cluster version

Synopsis

Run the Kubernetes client, download it if necessary. Remember – after kubectl!

This will run the Kubernetes client (kubectl) with the same version as the cluster

Normally it will download a binary matching the host operating system and architecture, but optionally you can also run it directly on the control plane over the ssh connection. This can be useful if you cannot run kubectl locally for some reason, like unsupported host. Please be aware that when using –ssh all paths will apply to the remote machine.

minikube kubectl [flags]

Examples

minikube kubectl -- --help
minikube kubectl -- get pods --namespace kube-system

Options

      --ssh   Use SSH for running kubernetes client on the node

Options inherited from parent commands

      --add_dir_header                   If true, adds the file directory to the header of the log messages
      --alsologtostderr                  log to standard error as well as files
  -b, --bootstrapper string              The name of the cluster bootstrapper that will set up the Kubernetes cluster. (default "kubeadm")
  -h, --help                             
      --log_backtrace_at traceLocation   when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace (default :0)
      --log_dir string                   If non-empty, write log files in this directory
      --log_file string                  If non-empty, use this log file
      --log_file_max_size uint           Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes. If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited. (default 1800)
      --logtostderr                      log to standard error instead of files
      --one_output                       If true, only write logs to their native severity level (vs also writing to each lower severity level)
  -p, --profile string                   The name of the minikube VM being used. This can be set to allow having multiple instances of minikube independently. (default "minikube")
      --skip_headers                     If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
      --skip_log_headers                 If true, avoid headers when opening log files
      --stderrthreshold severity         logs at or above this threshold go to stderr (default 2)
      --user string                      Specifies the user executing the operation. Useful for auditing operations executed by 3rd party tools. Defaults to the operating system username.
  -v, --v Level                          number for the log level verbosity
      --vmodule moduleSpec               comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging

Last modified March 23, 2021: Regenerate documentation to fix failing unit test (a7cf6feb9)