SYNOPSIS
kubectl logs [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
Print the logs for a container in a pod. If the pod has only one container, the container name is optional.
OPTIONS
-c, --container=""
Print the logs of this container
-f, --follow=false
Specify if the logs should be streamed.
--interactive=false
If true, prompt the user for input when required.
--limit-bytes=0
Maximum bytes of logs to return. Defaults to no limit.
-p, --previous=false
If true, print the logs for the previous instance of the container in a pod if it exists.
--since=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.
--since-time=""
Only return logs after a specific date (RFC3339). Defaults to all logs. Only one of since-time / since may be used.
--tail=-1
Lines of recent log file to display. Defaults to -1, showing all log lines.
--timestamps=false
Include timestamps on each line in the log output
OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
--alsologtostderr=false
log to standard error as well as files
--api-version=""
DEPRECATED: 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 certificate 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, --v=0
log level for V logs
--vmodule=
comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
EXAMPLE
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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 # Display only the most recent 20 lines of output in pod nginx kubectl logs --tail=20 nginx # Show all logs from pod nginx written in the last hour kubectl logs --since=1h nginx
HISTORY
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!