Kubernetes operations including deployment, management, troubleshooting, kubectl mastery, and cluster stability. Covers K8s workloads, networking, storage, and debugging pods. Use when user mentions Kubernetes, K8s, kubectl, pods, deployments, services, ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, or cluster operations.
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REFERENCE.mdExpert knowledge for Kubernetes cluster management, deployment, and troubleshooting with mastery of kubectl and cloud-native patterns.
Kubernetes Operations
kubectl apply --dry-run=client to validate changeskubectl get, kubectl describe, kubectl logs# Resource management
kubectl apply -f manifest.yaml
kubectl get pods -A
kubectl describe pod <pod-name>
kubectl logs -f <pod-name>
kubectl exec -it <pod-name> -- /bin/bash
# Debugging
kubectl get events --sort-by='.lastTimestamp'
kubectl top nodes
kubectl top pods --containers
kubectl port-forward <pod-name> 8080:80
# Deployment management
kubectl rollout status deployment/<name>
kubectl rollout history deployment/<name>
kubectl rollout undo deployment/<name>
# Cluster inspection
kubectl cluster-info
kubectl get nodes -o wide
kubectl api-resources
Pod Debugging
# Pod inspection
kubectl describe pod <pod-name>
kubectl get pod <pod-name> -o yaml
kubectl logs <pod-name> --previous
# Interactive debugging
kubectl exec -it <pod-name> -- /bin/bash
kubectl debug <pod-name> -it --image=busybox
kubectl port-forward <pod-name> 8080:80
Networking Troubleshooting
# Service debugging
kubectl get svc -o wide
kubectl get endpoints
kubectl describe svc <service>
# Network connectivity
kubectl run test-pod --image=busybox -it --rm -- sh
# Inside pod: nslookup, wget, nc commands
Common Issues
# CrashLoopBackOff debugging
kubectl logs <pod> --previous
kubectl describe pod <pod>
kubectl get events --field-selector involvedObject.name=<pod>
# Resource constraints
kubectl top pod <pod>
kubectl describe pod <pod> | grep -A 5 Limits
# State management
kubectl state list
kubectl state show <resource>
Context Safety (CRITICAL)
--context explicitly in every kubectl commandkubectl --context=<context-name> get pods format for all operations# CORRECT: Explicit context
kubectl --context=gke_myproject_us-central1_prod get pods
kubectl --context=staging-cluster apply -f deployment.yaml
# WRONG: Relying on current context
kubectl get pods # Which cluster is this targeting?
Resource Definitions
Security
Monitoring
For detailed debugging commands, troubleshooting patterns, Helm workflows, and advanced K8s operations, see REFERENCE.md.
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