Debug pod with ephemeral container k8s-debug
Attach an ephemeral debug container to a running pod
kubectl debug -it mypod --image=busybox --target=app
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Run debug pod on node
kubectl debug node/my-node -it --image=ubuntu
Exec into sidecar container
kubectl exec -it mypod -c sidecar-name -- /bin/sh
Check resource requests/limits
kubectl get pod mypod -o jsonpath='{range .spec.containers[*]}{.name}{"\t"}{.resources}{"\n"}{end}'
Describe node conditions
kubectl describe node my-node | grep -A5 'Conditions:'
Find pods by resource usage
kubectl top pods -A --sort-by=memory | head -20