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kubectl: Command-Line Kubernetes in a Nutshell

You're reading from kubectl: Command-Line Kubernetes in a Nutshell Deploy, manage, and debug container workloads using the Kubernetes CLI

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2020

Last Updated in Feb 2025

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800561878

Length 136 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Kubernetes

Concepts

DevOps

Author (1):

Rimantas Mocevicius

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Table of Contents (16) Chapters

Preface

1. Section 1: Getting Started with kubectl

2. Chapter 1: Introducing and Installing kubectl FREE CHAPTER

3. Section 2: Kubernetes Cluster and Node Management

4. Chapter 2: Getting Information about a Cluster

5. Chapter 3: Working with Nodes

6. Section 3: Application Management

7. Chapter 4: Creating and Deploying Applications

8. Chapter 5: Updating and Deleting Applications

9. Chapter 6: Debugging an Application

10. Section 4: Extending kubectl

11. Chapter 7: Working with kubectl Plugins

12. Chapter 8: Introducing Kustomize for Kubernetes

13. Chapter 9: Introducing Helm for Kubernetes

14. Chapter 10: kubectl Best Practices and Docker Commands

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Summary

In this chapter, we have learned what kubectl is and how to install it on macOS, Windows, and CI/CD pipelines. We also checked out the different commands supported by kubectl and what they do.

In the next chapter, we will learn how to get information about Kubernetes clusters using kubectl.

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Rimantas Mocevicius

Rimantas Mocevicius

Rimantas Mocevicius is an IT professional with over 20 years of experience in Linux. He is a supporter and fan of open source software. His passion for new technologies drives him forward, and he never wants to stop learning about them.

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