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TL;DR

kubectl describe

Show details of Kubernetes objects and resources. More information: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubectl/kubectl-commands#describe.

  • Show details of pods in a namespace:

kubectl describe pods --namespace namespace

  • Show details of nodes in a namespace:

kubectl describe nodes --namespace namespace

  • Show the details of a specific pod in a namespace:

kubectl describe pods pod_name --namespace namespace

  • Show the details of a specific node in a namespace:

kubectl describe nodes node_name --namespace namespace

  • Show details of Kubernetes objects defined in a YAML manifest file:

kubectl describe --file path/to/manifest.yaml

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