Connect to a Kubernetes Pod

Published on December 7, 2022

To open a session it’s first required to know the Pod’s name.

kubectl get pod -n <namespace>

Then open a bash session by running:

kubectl exec --stdin --tty <pod name> -n <namespace> -- /bin/bash

It’s also possible to open a shell session:

kubectl exec --stdin --tty <pod name> -n <namespace> -- /bin/sh

Sometimes it’s need to spawn a new Pod from an image that has the required tooling to inspect something.

kubectl run -i --tty <pod name> --image=<image> -- /bin/bash

At the end, don’t forget to delete the created Pod.

kubectl delete pod/<pod name> -n <namespace>