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.TH "KUBERNETES" "1" " kubernetes User Manuals" "Eric Paris" "Jan 2015" ""
.SH NAME
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kubectl logs \- Print the logs for a container in a pod.
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fB kubectl logs\fP [OPTIONS]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Print the logs for a container in a pod. If the pod has only one container, the container name is optional.
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.SH OPTIONS
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\fB \- c\fP , \fB \- \- container\fP =""
Container name
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\fB \- f\fP , \fB \- \- follow\fP =false
Specify if the logs should be streamed.
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\fB \- \- interactive\fP =true
If true, prompt the user for input when required. Default true.
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\fB \- \- limit\- bytes\fP =0
Maximum bytes of logs to return. Defaults to no limit.
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\fB \- p\fP , \fB \- \- previous\fP =false
If true, print the logs for the previous instance of the container in a pod if it exists.
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\fB \- \- since\fP =0
Only return logs newer than a relative duration like 5s, 2m, or 3h. Defaults to all logs. Only one of since\- time / since may be used.
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\fB \- \- since\- time\fP =""
Only return logs after a specific date (RFC3339). Defaults to all logs. Only one of since\- time / since may be used.
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\fB \- \- tail\fP =\- 1
Lines of recent log file to display. Defaults to \- 1, showing all log lines.
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\fB \- \- timestamps\fP =false
Include timestamps on each line in the log output
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.SH OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
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\fB \- \- alsologtostderr\fP =false
log to standard error as well as files
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\fB \- \- api\- version\fP =""
The API version to use when talking to the server
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\fB \- \- certificate\- authority\fP =""
Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.
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\fB \- \- client\- certificate\fP =""
Path to a client key file for TLS.
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\fB \- \- client\- key\fP =""
Path to a client key file for TLS.
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\fB \- \- cluster\fP =""
The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
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\fB \- \- context\fP =""
The name of the kubeconfig context to use
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\fB \- \- insecure\- skip\- tls\- verify\fP =false
If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure.
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\fB \- \- kubeconfig\fP =""
Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
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\fB \- \- log\- backtrace\- at\fP =:0
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when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
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\fB \- \- log\- dir\fP =""
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If non\- empty, write log files in this directory
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\fB \- \- log\- flush\- frequency\fP =5s
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Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
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\fB \- \- logtostderr\fP =true
log to standard error instead of files
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\fB \- \- match\- server\- version\fP =false
Require server version to match client version
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\fB \- \- namespace\fP =""
If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.
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\fB \- \- password\fP =""
Password for basic authentication to the API server.
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\fB \- s\fP , \fB \- \- server\fP =""
The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
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\fB \- \- stderrthreshold\fP =2
logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
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\fB \- \- token\fP =""
Bearer token for authentication to the API server.
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\fB \- \- user\fP =""
The name of the kubeconfig user to use
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\fB \- \- username\fP =""
Username for basic authentication to the API server.
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\fB \- \- v\fP =0
log level for V logs
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.PP
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\fB \- \- vmodule\fP =
comma\- separated list of pattern=N settings for file\- filtered logging
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.SH EXAMPLE
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.PP
.RS
.nf
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# Return snapshot logs from pod nginx with only one container
$ kubectl logs nginx
# Return snapshot of previous terminated ruby container logs from pod web\- 1
$ kubectl logs \- p \- c ruby web\- 1
# Begin streaming the logs of the ruby container in pod web\- 1
$ kubectl logs \- f \- c ruby web\- 1
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# Display only the most recent 20 lines of output in pod nginx
$ kubectl logs \- \- tail=20 nginx
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# Show all logs from pod nginx written in the last hour
$ kubectl logs \- \- since=1h nginx
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.fi
.RE
.SH SEE ALSO
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\fB kubectl(1)\fP ,
.SH HISTORY
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January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have been automatically generated since!