KUBERNETES(1) kubernetes KUBERNETES(1) (NAME) kubectl-describe - (SYNOPSIS) kubectl describe [OPTIONS] (DESCRIPTION) . (events) (controllers). . : $ kubectl describe TYPE NAME_PREFIX TYPE NAME_PREFIX . NAME_PREFIX . "kubectl api-resources" . (OPTIONS) -A, --all-namespaces=false (namespaces) . --namespace . --chunk-size=500 (chunk) . 0 . -f, --filename=[] URL -k, --kustomize="" kustomization. -f -R . -R, --recursive=false -f --filename. . -l, --selector="" ( ) '=' '==' '!=' 'in' 'notin' ( -l key1=value1,key2=value2,key3 in (value3)). . --show-events=true true . true false . (OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS) --as="" (impersonate) . (service account) (namespace) . --as-group=[] . --as-uid="" UID . --as-user-extra=[] . --cache-dir="/home/username/.kube/cache" --certificate-authority="" (certificate authority) --client-certificate="" TLS --client-key="" TLS --cluster="" kubeconfig --context="" kubeconfig --disable-compression=false true --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false true . HTTPS --kubeconfig="" kubeconfig CLI. --kuberc="" kuberc . export KUBECTL_KUBERC=false KUBERC=off . --match-server-version=false -n, --namespace="" (namespace) CLI --password="" (basic authentication) API --profile="none" . (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex|trace) --profile-output="profile.pprof" --request-timeout="0" . ( 1s 2m 3h). ( ). -s, --server="" Kubernetes API --tls-server-name="" . hostname --token="" Bearer API --user="" kubeconfig --username="" API --version=false --version --version=raw --version=vX.Y.Z... --warnings-as-errors=false (EXAMPLE) # Describe a node kubectl describe nodes kubernetes-node-emt8.c.myproject.internal # Describe a pod kubectl describe pods/nginx # Describe a pod identified by type and name in "pod.json" kubectl describe -f pod.json # Describe all pods kubectl describe pods # Describe pods by label name=myLabel kubectl describe pods -l name=myLabel # Describe all pods managed by the 'frontend' replication controller # (rc-created pods get the name of the rc as a prefix in the pod name) kubectl describe pods frontend (SEE ALSO) kubectl(1), (HISTORY) Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot com) kubernetes ! Eric Paris Jan 2015 KUBERNETES(1)