*** PLEASE NOTE: This document applies to the HEAD of the source tree only. If you are using a released version of Kubernetes, you almost certainly want the docs that go with that version.

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<h1>*** PLEASE NOTE: This document applies to the HEAD of the source
tree only. If you are using a released version of Kubernetes, you almost
certainly want the docs that go with that version.</h1>

<strong>Documentation for specific releases can be found at
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## kubectl describe

Show details of a specific resource or group of resources

### Synopsis


Show details of a specific resource or group of resources.

This command joins many API calls together to form a detailed description of a
given resource or group of resources.

$ kubectl describe RESOURCE NAME_PREFIX

will first check for an exact match on RESOURCE and NAME_PREFIX. If no such resource
exists, it will output details for every resource that has a name prefixed with NAME_PREFIX

```
kubectl describe (RESOURCE NAME_PREFIX | RESOURCE/NAME)
```

### Examples

```
// Describe a node
$ kubectl describe nodes kubernetes-minion-emt8.c.myproject.internal

// Describe a pod
$ kubectl describe pods/nginx

// Describe pods by label name=myLabel
$ kubectl describe po -l name=myLabel

// 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).
$ kubectl describe pods frontend
```

### Options

```
  -h, --help=false: help for describe
  -l, --selector="": Selector (label query) to filter on
```

### Options inherited from parent commands

```
      --alsologtostderr=false: log to standard error as well as files
      --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
      --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false: If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure.
      --kubeconfig="": Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
      --log-backtrace-at=:0: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
      --log-dir=: If non-empty, write log files in this directory
      --log-flush-frequency=5s: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
      --logtostderr=true: log to standard error instead of files
      --match-server-version=false: Require server version to match client version
      --namespace="": If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.
      --password="": Password for basic authentication to the API server.
  -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
      --username="": Username for basic authentication to the API server.
      --v=0: log level for V logs
      --validate=false: If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it
      --vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
```

### SEE ALSO
* [kubectl](kubectl.md)	 - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager

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