kubectl attach

Synopsis

Attach to a process that is already running inside an existing container.

kubectl attach (POD | TYPE/NAME) -c CONTAINER

Examples

  # Get output from running pod mypod; use the 'kubectl.kubernetes.io/default-container' annotation
  # for selecting the container to be attached or the first container in the pod will be chosen
  kubectl attach mypod
  
  # Get output from ruby-container from pod mypod
  kubectl attach mypod -c ruby-container
  
  # Switch to raw terminal mode; sends stdin to 'bash' in ruby-container from pod mypod
  # and sends stdout/stderr from 'bash' back to the client
  kubectl attach mypod -c ruby-container -i -t
  
  # Get output from the first pod of a replica set named nginx
  kubectl attach rs/nginx

Options

-c, --container string
	Container name. If omitted, use the kubectl.kubernetes.io/default-container annotation for selecting the container to be attached or the first container in the pod will be chosen
-h, --help
	help for attach
--pod-running-timeout duration Default: 1m0s
	The length of time (like 5s, 2m, or 3h, higher than zero) to wait until at least one pod is running
-q, --quiet
	Only print output from the remote session
-i, --stdin
	Pass stdin to the container
-t, --tty
	Stdin is a TTY

--as string
	Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.
--as-group strings
	Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.
--as-uid string
	UID to impersonate for the operation.
--cache-dir string Default: "$HOME/.kube/cache"
	Default cache directory
--certificate-authority string
	Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
--client-certificate string
	Path to a client certificate file for TLS
--client-key string
	Path to a client key file for TLS
--cluster string
	The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
--context string
	The name of the kubeconfig context to use
--default-not-ready-toleration-seconds int Default: 300
	Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.
--default-unreachable-toleration-seconds int Default: 300
	Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for unreachable:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.
--disable-compression
	If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server
--insecure-skip-tls-verify
	If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
--kubeconfig string
	Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
--match-server-version
	Require server version to match client version
-n, --namespace string
	If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
--password string
	Password for basic authentication to the API server
--profile string Default: "none"
	Name of profile to capture. One of (none\|cpu\|heap\|goroutine\|threadcreate\|block\|mutex)
--profile-output string Default: "profile.pprof"
	Name of the file to write the profile to
--request-timeout string Default: "0"
	The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.
-s, --server string
	The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--storage-driver-buffer-duration duration Default: 1m0s
	Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration, and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
--storage-driver-db string Default: "cadvisor"
	database name
--storage-driver-host string Default: "localhost:8086"
	database host:port
--storage-driver-password string Default: "root"
	database password
--storage-driver-secure
	use secure connection with database
--storage-driver-table string Default: "stats"
	table name
--storage-driver-user string Default: "root"
	database username
--tls-server-name string
	Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used
--token string
	Bearer token for authentication to the API server
--user string
	The name of the kubeconfig user to use
--username string
	Username for basic authentication to the API server
--version version[=true]
	--version, --version=raw prints version information and quits; --version=vX.Y.Z... sets the reported version
--warnings-as-errors
	Treat warnings received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code

kubectl attach

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