Merge pull request #28701 from rajeshdeshpande02/add-cp-command

Adding kubectl cp command examples in the cheat sheet
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2021-11-22 17:56:16 -08:00
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@@ -323,6 +323,24 @@ kubectl exec my-pod -c my-container -- ls / # Run command in existing po
kubectl top pod POD_NAME --containers # Show metrics for a given pod and its containers
kubectl top pod POD_NAME --sort-by=cpu # Show metrics for a given pod and sort it by 'cpu' or 'memory'
```
## Copy files and directories to and from containers
```bash
kubectl cp /tmp/foo_dir my-pod:/tmp/bar_dir # Copy /tmp/foo_dir local directory to /tmp/bar_dir in a remote pod in the current namespace
kubectl cp /tmp/foo my-pod:/tmp/bar -c my-container # Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in a specific container
kubectl cp /tmp/foo my-namespace/my-pod:/tmp/bar # Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in namespace my-namespace
kubectl cp my-namespace/my-pod:/tmp/foo /tmp/bar # Copy /tmp/foo from a remote pod to /tmp/bar locally
```
{{< note >}}
`kubectl cp` requires that the 'tar' binary is present in your container image. If 'tar' is not present,`kubectl cp` will fail.
For advanced use cases, such as symlinks, wildcard expansion or file mode preservation consider using `kubectl exec`.
{{< /note >}}
```bash
tar cf - /tmp/foo | kubectl exec -i -n my-namespace my-pod -- tar xf - -C /tmp/bar # Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in namespace my-namespace
kubectl exec -n my-namespace my-pod -- tar cf - /tmp/foo | tar xf - -C /tmp/bar # Copy /tmp/foo from a remote pod to /tmp/bar locally
```
## Interacting with Deployments and Services
```bash