What is the method for copying files to the local machine in k8s?
In Kubernetes, the kubectl command can be used to copy files from a Pod to your local machine. Here is how to use the kubectl command to copy files from a Pod to your local machine:
- First, use the kubectl command to locate the Pod where the files need to be copied. For example, to copy files from a Pod named my-pod, you can run the following command:
- Retrieve information about the running pods using kubectl command.
- The output will display a list of all running Pods. Locate the name of the Pod from which you want to copy the file.
- Next, use the kubectl cp command to copy the file from the Pod to your local machine. The general syntax of the command is as follows:
- Copy a file from a pod to a different location on your local machine using kubectl.
- Among them:
- The name of the Pod which needs to copy the file is
. is the path of the file to be copied within the Pod. is the local path where the file will be copied to. - For example, you can run the following command to copy the file source-file.txt located in the /path/to directory of the Pod to the destination-file.txt path on your local machine:
- Copy a file named source-file.txt from my-pod to destination-file.txt using kubectl.
- After running this command, the file will be copied from the Pod to the specified path on the local machine.
Please note that the above method is applicable for copying files from a single Pod. If you need to copy files from multiple Pods, you will need to repeat the above steps in a loop.
