Kubernetes Pods operations

Get list of pods:

kubectl get po

Get list of pods in wide format:

kubectl get po -o wide

Get details about specific pod (for example Image used for container):

kubectl describe po {{ pod_name }}

Run pod imperatively:

kubectl run {{ pod_name }} --image={{ pod_image }}

Extract the running pod definition to a file:

kubectl get pod {{ pod_name }} -o yaml > {{ pod_manifest }}.yaml

Generate pod manifest imperatively (do not create the pod itself):

kubectl run {{ pod_name }} --image={{ pod_image }} --dry-run=client -o yaml

Create a pod from manifest file:

kubectl create -f {{ pod_manifest }}.yaml
kubectl apply -f {{ pod_manifest }}.yaml

Edit manifest of running pod:

kubectl edit po {{ pod_name }}

Delete pod:

kubectl delete po {{ pod_name }}