describe

Describing Kubernetes resources

Show details of a specific resource or group of resources

Print a detailed description of the selected resources, including related resources such as events or controllers. You may select a single object by name, all objects of that type, provide a name prefix, or label selector.

Command

  1. $ kubectl describe (-f FILENAME | TYPE [NAME_PREFIX | -l label] | TYPE/NAME)

Example

Command

  1. kubectl describe deployments

Output

  1. Name:                   nginx
  2. Namespace:              default
  3. CreationTimestamp:      Thu, 15 Nov 2018 10:58:03 -0800
  4. Labels:                 app=nginx
  5. Annotations:            deployment.kubernetes.io/revision=1
  6. Selector:               app=nginx
  7. Replicas:               1 desired | 1 updated | 1 total | 1 available | 0 unavailable
  8. StrategyType:           RollingUpdate
  9. MinReadySeconds:        0
  10. RollingUpdateStrategy:  25% max unavailable, 25% max surge
  11. Pod Template:
  12.   Labels:  app=nginx
  13.   Containers:
  14.    nginx:
  15.     Image:        nginx
  16.     Port:         <none>
  17.     Host Port:    <none>
  18.     Environment:  <none>
  19.     Mounts:       <none>
  20.   Volumes:        <none>
  21. Conditions:
  22.   Type           Status  Reason
  23.   -             
  24.   Progressing    True    NewReplicaSetAvailable
  25.   Available      True    MinimumReplicasAvailable
  26. OldReplicaSets:  <none>
  27. NewReplicaSet:   nginx-78f5d695bd (1/1 replicas created)
  28. Events:          <none>