To get the cluster info use-

kubectl cluster-info

To get list of nodes user-

kubectl get nodes

Creating Pod – imperative way

Create a POD with nginx image and name nginx in default namespace

// kubectl run <<pod name>> --image <<image in docker hub>> 
kubectl run nginx --image nginx

Create a POD with nginx image and name nginx in different namespace

// kubectl run <<pod name>> --image <<image in docker hub>> -n <<namespace name>>
kubectl run nginx --image nginx -n production

Get Pods and details

Get a list of POD’s in default namespace

kubectl get pods

Get a list of POD’s in other namespace

//kubectl get pods -n <<namespace name>>
kubectl get pods -n production

Check the node of the Pod it is created-

kubectl get pods -o wide

Create POD using yaml – declarative way

// file name- pod-definition.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  name: nginx-pod-yaml
spec:
  containers:
    - name: nginx-container-yaml
      image: nginx

Create a pod declarative way-

kubectl create -f pod-definition.yaml

Deleting Pod

Delete a pod in default namespace

// kubectl delete pod <<pod-name>>
kubectl delete pod nginx-pod-yaml

Delete all pods in default namespace

kubectl delete --all pods

Delete a pod in custom namespace

//kubectl delete pod <<pod-name>> -n <<namespace-name>>
kubectl delete pod nginx-pod-yaml -n development

Delete all pods in custom namespace

//kubectl delete --all pods -n <<namespace-name>>
kubectl delete --all pods -n development

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