How to enter a container in a pod using kubectl?

To enter the container inside a Kubernetes Pod, you can use the exec command of the kubectl command-line tool.

Here are the steps to enter a Pod container:

  1. First, use the command “kubectl get pods” to get the names of the pods.
  2. Next, enter the Pod container using the kubectl exec command. The general syntax of the command is as follows:
  3. Execute a command in a specific pod using kubectl.
  4. In this case, is the name of the Pod to enter, and is the command to execute once inside. Typically, you can use /bin/bash or /bin/sh as the command to enter the container and access an interactive terminal.
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    Paraphrased: I don’t feel well today, so I can’t go to work.

  6. Run an interactive bash shell in the pod named my-pod using kubectl exec.
  7. After running the command, you will be taken to the terminal of the Pod container where you can execute commands and interact with the container.

Please note that if there are multiple containers in a Pod, you need to specify the container name to enter a specific container. You can use the command kubectl describe pod to view the container information in the Pod and find the name of the container you want to enter. Then, use the –container flag to specify the container name in the kubectl exec command. For example:

kubectl exec -it my-pod --container my-container -- /bin/bash
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