website/content/en/docs/reference/glossary/kubectl.md

title	id	date	full_link	short_description	aka	tags
Kubectl	kubectl	2018-04-12	/docs/user-guide/kubectl-overview/	A command line tool for communicating with a Kubernetes API server.		tool fundamental

A command line tool for communicating with a {{< glossary_tooltip text="Kubernetes API" term_id="kubernetes-api" >}} server.

You can use kubectl to create, inspect, update, and delete Kubernetes objects.