Debugging

View resource usage (top) of different pods

kc top pods -n namespace

Get a shell to the running container

kc exec --stdin --tty <pod-name> -n namespace -- /bin/bash

Note: The double dash (--) separates the arguments you want to pass to the command from the kubectl arguments.

List all environment variables in the running container

kc exec <pod-name> env -n namespace

Opening a shell when a Pod has more than one container

kc exec -i -t <pod-name> -n namespace --container main-app -- /bin/bash

Reference:

1. https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/debug/debug-application/get-shell-running-container