Cordon a node
Mark node as unschedulable — no new pods land here
kubectl cordon <node>
More kubectl commands
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kubectl drain <node> --ignore-daemonsets --delete-emptydir-dataGracefully evict all pods before maintenance
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kubectl edit deployment/<name> -n <ns>Open resource in $EDITOR; changes applied on save
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kubectl auth can-i list pods --as=system:serviceaccount:<ns>:<sa> -n <ns>Check what a ServiceAccount is allowed to do
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kubectl get pods -n <ns> -o custom-columns='NAME:.metadata.name,NODE:.spec.nodeName,STATUS:.status.phase'Print only the fields you care about without jq
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kubectl patch deployment <name> -n <ns> -p '{"spec":{"replicas":2}}'Inline JSON patch without editing the whole manifest