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kubectl debug

    Synopsis

    Debug cluster resources using interactive debugging containers.

    'debug' provides automation for common debugging tasks for cluster objects identified by resource and name. Pods will be used by default if no resource is specified.

    The action taken by 'debug' varies depending on what resource is specified. Supported actions include:

    • Workload: Create a copy of an existing pod with certain attributes changed, for example changing the image tag to a new version.
    • Workload: Add an ephemeral container to an already running pod, for example to add debugging utilities without restarting the pod.
    • Node: Create a new pod that runs in the node's host namespaces and can access the node's filesystem.
    kubectl debug (POD | TYPE[[.VERSION].GROUP]/NAME) [ -- COMMAND [args...] ]

    Examples

      # Create an interactive debugging session in pod mypod and immediately attach to it.
  kubectl debug mypod -it --image=busybox
  
  # Create an interactive debugging session for the pod in the file pod.yaml and immediately attach to it.
  # (requires the EphemeralContainers feature to be enabled in the cluster)
  kubectl debug -f pod.yaml -it --image=busybox
  
  # Create a debug container named debugger using a custom automated debugging image.
  kubectl debug --image=myproj/debug-tools -c debugger mypod
  
  # Create a copy of mypod adding a debug container and attach to it
  kubectl debug mypod -it --image=busybox --copy-to=my-debugger
  
  # Create a copy of mypod changing the command of mycontainer
  kubectl debug mypod -it --copy-to=my-debugger --container=mycontainer -- sh
  
  # Create a copy of mypod changing all container images to busybox
  kubectl debug mypod --copy-to=my-debugger --set-image=*=busybox
  
  # Create a copy of mypod adding a debug container and changing container images
  kubectl debug mypod -it --copy-to=my-debugger --image=debian --set-image=app=app:debug,sidecar=sidecar:debug
  
  # Create an interactive debugging session on a node and immediately attach to it.
  # The container will run in the host namespaces and the host's filesystem will be mounted at /host
  kubectl debug node/mynode -it --image=busybox

    Options

    --arguments-only

    If specified, everything after -- will be passed to the new container as Args instead of Command.

    --attach

    If true, wait for the container to start running, and then attach as if 'kubectl attach ...' were called. Default false, unless '-i/--stdin' is set, in which case the default is true.

    -c, --container string

    Container name to use for debug container.

    --copy-to string

    Create a copy of the target Pod with this name.

    --custom string

    Path to a JSON or YAML file containing a partial container spec to customize built-in debug profiles.

    --env stringToString     Default: []

    Environment variables to set in the container.

    -f, --filename strings

    identifying the resource to debug

    -h, --help

    help for debug

    --image string

    Container image to use for debug container.

    --image-pull-policy string

    The image pull policy for the container. If left empty, this value will not be specified by the client and defaulted by the server.

    --keep-annotations

    If true, keep the original pod annotations.(This flag only works when used with '--copy-to')

    --keep-init-containers     Default: true

    Run the init containers for the pod. Defaults to true.(This flag only works when used with '--copy-to')

    --keep-labels

    If true, keep the original pod labels.(This flag only works when used with '--copy-to')

    --keep-liveness

    If true, keep the original pod liveness probes.(This flag only works when used with '--copy-to')

    --keep-readiness

    If true, keep the original pod readiness probes.(This flag only works when used with '--copy-to')

    --keep-startup

    If true, keep the original startup probes.(This flag only works when used with '--copy-to')

    --profile string     Default: "legacy"

    Options are "legacy", "general", "baseline", "netadmin", "restricted" or "sysadmin".

    -q, --quiet

    If true, suppress informational messages.

    --replace

    When used with '--copy-to', delete the original Pod.

    --same-node

    When used with '--copy-to', schedule the copy of target Pod on the same node.

    --set-image stringToString     Default: []

    When used with '--copy-to', a list of name=image pairs for changing container images, similar to how 'kubectl set image' works.

    --share-processes     Default: true

    When used with '--copy-to', enable process namespace sharing in the copy.

    -i, --stdin

    Keep stdin open on the container(s) in the pod, even if nothing is attached.

    --target string

    When using an ephemeral container, target processes in this container name.

    -t, --tty

    Allocate a TTY for the debugging container.

    --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-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

    See Also

    • kubectl - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager