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title: kubectl describe
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---
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## kubectl describe
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Show details of a specific resource or group of resources
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### Synopsis
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Show details of a specific resource or group of resources. This command joins many API calls together to form a detailed description of a given resource or group of resources.
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$ kubectl describe TYPE NAME_PREFIX
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will first check for an exact match on TYPE and NAME PREFIX. If no such resource exists, it will output details for every resource that has a name prefixed with NAME PREFIX.
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Valid resource types include:
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* clusters (valid only for federation apiservers)
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* componentstatuses (aka 'cs')
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* configmaps (aka 'cm')
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* daemonsets (aka 'ds')
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* deployments (aka 'deploy')
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* endpoints (aka 'ep')
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* events (aka 'ev')
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* horizontalpodautoscalers (aka 'hpa')
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* ingresses (aka 'ing')
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* jobs
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* limitranges (aka 'limits')
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* namespaces (aka 'ns')
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* networkpolicies
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* nodes (aka 'no')
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* persistentvolumeclaims (aka 'pvc')
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* persistentvolumes (aka 'pv')
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* pods (aka 'po')
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* podsecuritypolicies (aka 'psp')
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* podtemplates
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* replicasets (aka 'rs')
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* replicationcontrollers (aka 'rc')
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* resourcequotas (aka 'quota')
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* secrets
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* serviceaccounts (aka 'sa')
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* services (aka 'svc')
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* statefulsets
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* storageclasses
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* thirdpartyresources
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```
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kubectl describe (-f FILENAME | TYPE [NAME_PREFIX | -l label] | TYPE/NAME)
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```
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### Examples
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```
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# Describe a node
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kubectl describe nodes kubernetes-node-emt8.c.myproject.internal
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# Describe a pod
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kubectl describe pods/nginx
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# Describe a pod identified by type and name in "pod.json"
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kubectl describe -f pod.json
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# Describe all pods
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kubectl describe pods
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# Describe pods by label name=myLabel
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kubectl describe po -l name=myLabel
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# Describe all pods managed by the 'frontend' replication controller (rc-created pods
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# get the name of the rc as a prefix in the pod the name).
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kubectl describe pods frontend
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```
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### Options
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```
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--all-namespaces If present, list the requested object(s) across all namespaces. Namespace in current context is ignored even if specified with --namespace.
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-f, --filename stringSlice Filename, directory, or URL to files containing the resource to describe
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-R, --recursive Process the directory used in -f, --filename recursively. Useful when you want to manage related manifests organized within the same directory.
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-l, --selector string Selector (label query) to filter on
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--show-events If true, display events related to the described object. (default true)
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```
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### Options inherited from parent commands
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```
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--alsologtostderr log to standard error as well as files
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--as string Username to impersonate for the operation
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--certificate-authority string Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority
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--client-certificate string Path to a client certificate file for TLS
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--client-key string Path to a client key file for TLS
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--cluster string The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
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--context string The name of the kubeconfig context to use
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--insecure-skip-tls-verify If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
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--kubeconfig string Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
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--log-backtrace-at traceLocation when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace (default :0)
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--log-dir string If non-empty, write log files in this directory
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--logtostderr log to standard error instead of files
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--match-server-version Require server version to match client version
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-n, --namespace string If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
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--password string Password for basic authentication to the API server
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--request-timeout string 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. (default "0")
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-s, --server string The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
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--stderrthreshold severity logs at or above this threshold go to stderr (default 2)
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--token string Bearer token for authentication to the API server
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--user string The name of the kubeconfig user to use
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--username string Username for basic authentication to the API server
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-v, --v Level log level for V logs
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--vmodule moduleSpec comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
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```
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###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 13-Dec-2016
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