Basic Commands (Beginner):

create

Create a resource from a file or from stdin

expose

Take a replication controller, service, deployment or pod and expose it as a new Kubernetes service

run

Run a particular image on the cluster

set

Set specific features on objects

Basic Commands (Intermediate):

explain

Get documentation for a resource

get

Display one or many resources

edit

Edit a resource on the server

delete

Delete resources by file names, stdin, resources and names, or by resources and label selector

Deploy Commands:

rollout

Manage the rollout of a resource

scale

Set a new size for a deployment, replica set, or replication controller

autoscale

Auto-scale a deployment, replica set, stateful set, or replication controller

Cluster Management Commands:

certificate

Modify certificate resources

cluster-info

Display cluster information

top

Display resource (CPU/memory) usage

cordon

Mark node as unschedulable

uncordon

Mark node as schedulable

drain

Drain node in preparation for maintenance

taint

Update the taints on one or more nodes

Troubleshooting and Debugging Commands:

describe

Show details of a specific resource or group of resources

logs

Print the logs for a container in a pod

attach

Attach to a running container

exec

Execute a command in a container

port-forward

Forward one or more local ports to a pod

proxy

Run a proxy to the Kubernetes API server

cp

Copy files and directories to and from containers

auth

Inspect authorization

debug

Create debugging sessions for troubleshooting workloads and nodes

events

List events

Advanced Commands:

diff

Diff the live version against a would-be applied version

apply

Apply a configuration to a resource by file name or stdin

patch

Update fields of a resource

replace

Replace a resource by file name or stdin

wait

Experimental: Wait for a specific condition on one or many resources

kustomize

Build a kustomization target from a directory or URL

Settings Commands:

label

Update the labels on a resource

annotate

Update the annotations on a resource

completion

Output shell completion code for the specified shell (bash, zsh, fish, or powershell)

Subcommands provided by plugins:

Other Commands:

api-resources

Print the supported API resources on the server

api-versions

Print the supported API versions on the server, in the form of "group/version"

config

Modify kubeconfig files

plugin

Provides utilities for interacting with plugins

version

Print the client and server version information

Usage:

kubectl [flags] [options]

Use "kubectl <command> --help" for more information about a given command. Use "kubectl options" for a list of global command-line options (applies to all commands).