If you are using a released version of Kubernetes, you should refer to the docs that go with that version.
The latest 1.0.x release of this document can be found [here](http://releases.k8s.io/release-1.0/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_exec.md).Documentation for other releases can be found at releases.k8s.io.
Execute a command in a container.
Execute a command in a container.
kubectl exec POD [-c CONTAINER] -- COMMAND [args...]
# Get output from running 'date' from pod 123456-7890, using the first container by default
$ kubectl exec 123456-7890 date
# Get output from running 'date' in ruby-container from pod 123456-7890
$ kubectl exec 123456-7890 -c ruby-container date
# Switch to raw terminal mode, sends stdin to 'bash' in ruby-container from pod 123456-780
# and sends stdout/stderr from 'bash' back to the client
$ kubectl exec 123456-7890 -c ruby-container -i -t -- bash -il
-c, --container="": Container name. If omitted, the first container in the pod will be chosen
-p, --pod="": Pod name
-i, --stdin[=false]: Pass stdin to the container
-t, --tty[=false]: Stdin is a TTY
--alsologtostderr[=false]: log to standard error as well as files
--api-version="": The API version to use when talking to the server
--certificate-authority="": Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.
--client-certificate="": Path to a client key file for TLS.
--client-key="": Path to a client key file for TLS.
--cluster="": The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
--context="": The name of the kubeconfig context to use
--insecure-skip-tls-verify[=false]: If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure.
--kubeconfig="": Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
--log-backtrace-at=:0: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
--log-dir="": If non-empty, write log files in this directory
--log-flush-frequency=5s: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
--logtostderr[=true]: log to standard error instead of files
--match-server-version[=false]: Require server version to match client version
--namespace="": If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.
--password="": Password for basic authentication to the API server.
-s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
--token="": Bearer token for authentication to the API server.
--user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use
--username="": Username for basic authentication to the API server.
--v=0: log level for V logs
--vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
- kubectl - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager