CLI
- Global flags

CLI

The Linkerd CLI is the primary way to interact with Linkerd. It can install the control plane to your cluster, add the proxy to your service and provide detailed metrics for how your service is performing.

As reference, check out the commands below:

Command	Description
check	Check the Linkerd installation for potential problems
completion	Output shell completion code for the specified shell (bash or zsh)
dashboard	Open the Linkerd dashboard in a web browser
edges	Display connections between resources, and Linkerd proxy identities
endpoints	Introspect Linkerd’s service discovery state
get	Display one or many mesh resources
inject	Add the Linkerd proxy to a Kubernetes config
install	Output Kubernetes configs to install Linkerd
install-cni	Output Kubernetes configs to install Linkerd CNI
install-sp	Output Kubernetes configs to install Linkerd Service Profiles
logs	Tail logs from containers in the Linkerd control plane
metrics	Fetch metrics directly from Linkerd proxies
profile	Output service profile config for Kubernetes
routes	Display route stats
stat	Display traffic stats about one or many resources
tap	Listen to a traffic stream
top	Display sorted information about live traffic
uninject	Remove the Linkerd proxy from a Kubernetes config
upgrade	Output Kubernetes configs to upgrade an existing Linkerd control plane
version	Print the client and server version information

Global flags

The following flags are available for all linkerd CLI commands:

Flag	Usage
`—api-addr`	Override kubeconfig and communicate directly with the control plane at host:port (mostly for testing)
`—context`	Name of the kubeconfig context to use
`—help` `-h`	help for linkerd
`—kubeconfig`	Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests
`—linkerd-namespace` `-l`	Namespace in which Linkerd is installed [$LINKERD_NAMESPACE]
`—verbose`	Turn on debug logging