KUBERNETES(1)

NAME

kubectl attach - Attach to a running container.

SYNOPSIS

kubectl attach [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Attach to a a process that is already running inside an existing container.

OPTIONS

-c, --container=""
    Container name. If omitted, the first container in the pod will be chosen

-i, --stdin=false
    Pass stdin to the container

-t, --tty=false
    Stdin is a TTY

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

    # Get output from running pod 123456-7890, using the first container by default
    $ kubectl attach 123456-7890
    # Get output from ruby-container from pod 123456-7890
    $ kubectl attach 123456-7890 -c ruby-container date
    # Switch to raw terminal mode, sends stdin to 'bash' in ruby-container from pod 123456-7890
    # and sends stdout/stderr from 'bash' back to the client
    $ kubectl attach 123456-7890 -c ruby-container -i -t

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!