PLEASE NOTE: This document applies to the HEAD of the source tree only. If you are using a released version of Kubernetes, you almost certainly want the docs that go with that version.
Documentation for specific releases can be found at releases.k8s.io.
Forward one or more local ports to a pod.
Forward one or more local ports to a pod.
kubectl port-forward -p POD_NAME [LOCAL_PORT:]REMOTE_PORT [...[LOCAL_PORT_N:]REMOTE_PORT_N]
// listens on ports 5000 and 6000 locally, forwarding data to/from ports 5000 and 6000 in the pod
$ kubectl port-forward -p mypod 5000 6000
// listens on port 8888 locally, forwarding to 5000 in the pod
$ kubectl port-forward -p mypod 8888:5000
// listens on a random port locally, forwarding to 5000 in the pod
$ kubectl port-forward -p mypod :5000
// listens on a random port locally, forwarding to 5000 in the pod
$ kubectl port-forward -p mypod 0:5000
-h, --help=false: help for port-forward
-p, --pod="": Pod name
--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
--validate=false: If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it
--vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
- kubectl - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager