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## kubectl describe
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Show details of a specific resource or group of resources
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### Synopsis
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Show details of a specific resource or group of resources.
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This command joins many API calls together to form a detailed description of a
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given resource or group of resources.
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$ kubectl describe TYPE NAME_PREFIX
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will first check for an exact match on TYPE and NAME_PREFIX. If no such resource
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exists, it will output details for every resource that has a name prefixed with NAME_PREFIX
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Possible resource types include (case insensitive): pods (po), services (svc),
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replicationcontrollers (rc), nodes (no), events (ev), limitranges (limits),
persistentvolumes (pv), persistentvolumeclaims (pvc), resourcequotas (quota),
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namespaces (ns), serviceaccounts or secrets.
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```
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kubectl describe (-f FILENAME | TYPE [NAME_PREFIX | -l label] | TYPE/NAME)
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```
### Examples
```
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# Describe a node
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$ kubectl describe nodes kubernetes-minion-emt8.c.myproject.internal
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# Describe a pod
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$ kubectl describe pods/nginx
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# Describe a pod identified by type and name in "pod.json"
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$ kubectl describe -f pod.json
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# Describe all pods
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$ kubectl describe pods
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# Describe pods by label name=myLabel
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$ kubectl describe po -l name=myLabel
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# Describe all pods managed by the 'frontend' replication controller (rc-created pods
# get the name of the rc as a prefix in the pod the name).
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$ kubectl describe pods frontend
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```
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### Options
```
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-f, --filename=[]: Filename, directory, or URL to a file containing the resource to describe
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-l, --selector="": Selector (label query) to filter on
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```
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### Options inherited from parent commands
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```
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--alsologtostderr[=false]: log to standard error as well as files
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--api-version="": The API version to use when talking to the server
--certificate-authority="": Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.
--client-certificate="": Path to a client key file for TLS.
--client-key="": Path to a client key file for TLS.
--cluster="": The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
--context="": The name of the kubeconfig context to use
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--insecure-skip-tls-verify[=false]: If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure.
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--kubeconfig="": Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
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--log-backtrace-at=:0: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
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--log-dir="": If non-empty, write log files in this directory
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--log-flush-frequency=5s: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
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--logtostderr[=true]: log to standard error instead of files
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--match-server-version[=false]: Require server version to match client version
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--namespace="": If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.
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--password="": Password for basic authentication to the API server.
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-s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
--token="": Bearer token for authentication to the API server.
--user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use
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--username="": Username for basic authentication to the API server.
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--v=0: log level for V logs
--vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
```
### SEE ALSO
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* [kubectl ](kubectl.md ) - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager
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