KUBERNETES(1)

NAME

kubectl port-forward - Forward one or more local ports to a pod.

SYNOPSIS

kubectl port-forward [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Forward one or more local ports to a pod.

OPTIONS

-p, --pod=""
    Pod name

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

--vmodule=
    comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging

EXAMPLE

    # Listen on ports 5000 and 6000 locally, forwarding data to/from ports 5000 and 6000 in the pod
    $ kubectl port-forward mypod 5000 6000
    # Listen on port 8888 locally, forwarding to 5000 in the pod
    $ kubectl port-forward mypod 8888:5000
    # Listen on a random port locally, forwarding to 5000 in the pod
    $ kubectl port-forward mypod :5000
    # Listen on a random port locally, forwarding to 5000 in the pod
    $ kubectl port-forward  mypod 0:5000

SEE ALSO

kubectl(1),

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!