Kubernetes v1.35 documentation is no longer actively maintained. The version you are currently viewing is a static snapshot. For up-to-date information, see the latest version.
Show details of a specific resource or group of resources.
Print a detailed description of the selected resources, including related resources such as events or controllers. You may select a single object by name, all objects of that type, provide a name prefix, or label selector. For example:
$ kubectl describe TYPE NAME_PREFIX
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.
Use "kubectl api-resources" for a complete list of supported resources.
kubectl describe (-f FILENAME | TYPE [NAME_PREFIX | -l label] | TYPE/NAME)
# Describe a node
kubectl describe nodes kubernetes-node-emt8.c.myproject.internal
# Describe a pod
kubectl describe pods/nginx
# Describe a pod identified by type and name in "pod.json"
kubectl describe -f pod.json
# Describe all pods
kubectl describe pods
# Describe pods by label name=myLabel
kubectl describe pods -l name=myLabel
# Describe all pods managed by the 'frontend' replication controller
# (rc-created pods get the name of the rc as a prefix in the pod name)
kubectl describe pods frontend
| -A, --all-namespaces | |
If present, list the requested object(s) across all namespaces. Namespace in current context is ignored even if specified with --namespace. | |
| --chunk-size int Default: 500 | |
Return large lists in chunks rather than all at once. Pass 0 to disable. | |
| -f, --filename strings | |
Filename, directory, or URL to files containing the resource to describe | |
| -h, --help | |
help for describe | |
| -k, --kustomize string | |
Process the kustomization directory. This flag can't be used together with -f or -R. | |
| -R, --recursive | |
Process the directory used in -f, --filename recursively. Useful when you want to manage related manifests organized within the same directory. | |
| -l, --selector string | |
Selector (label query) to filter on, supports '=', '==', '!=', 'in', 'notin'.(e.g. -l key1=value1,key2=value2,key3 in (value3)). Matching objects must satisfy all of the specified label constraints. | |
| --show-events Default: true | |
If true, display events related to the described object. | |
| --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. | |
| --as-user-extra strings | |
User extras to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple values for the same key. | |
| --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 | |
| --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. | |
| --kuberc string | |
Path to the kuberc file to use for preferences. This can be disabled by exporting KUBECTL_KUBERC=false feature gate or turning off the feature KUBERC=off. | |
| --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|trace) | |
| --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 | |
This page is automatically generated.
If you plan to report an issue with this page, mention that the page is auto-generated in your issue description. The fix may need to happen elsewhere in the Kubernetes project.