Print the logs for a container in a pod
Print the logs for a container in a pod. If the pod has only one container, the container name is optional.
kubectl logs [-f] [-p] POD [-c CONTAINER]
# Return snapshot logs from pod nginx with only one container
kubectl logs nginx
# Return snapshot of previous terminated ruby container logs from pod web-1
kubectl logs -p -c ruby web-1
# Begin streaming the logs of the ruby container in pod web-1
kubectl logs -f -c ruby web-1
# Display only the most recent 20 lines of output in pod nginx
kubectl logs --tail=20 nginx
# Show all logs from pod nginx written in the last hour
kubectl logs --since=1h nginx
-c, --container string Print the logs of this container
-f, --follow Specify if the logs should be streamed.
--include-extended-apis If true, include definitions of new APIs via calls to the API server. [default true] (default true)
--limit-bytes int Maximum bytes of logs to return. Defaults to no limit.
-p, --previous If true, print the logs for the previous instance of the container in a pod if it exists.
--since duration Only return logs newer than a relative duration like 5s, 2m, or 3h. Defaults to all logs. Only one of since-time / since may be used. (default 0s)
--since-time string Only return logs after a specific date (RFC3339). Defaults to all logs. Only one of since-time / since may be used.
--tail int Lines of recent log file to display. Defaults to -1, showing all log lines. (default -1)
--timestamps Include timestamps on each line in the log output
--alsologtostderr value log to standard error as well as files
--as string Username to impersonate for the operation
--certificate-authority string Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority
--client-certificate string Path to a client certificate file for TLS
--client-key string Path to a client key file for TLS
--cluster string The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
--context string The name of the kubeconfig context to use
--insecure-skip-tls-verify If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
--kubeconfig string Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
--log-backtrace-at value when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace (default :0)
--log-dir value If non-empty, write log files in this directory
--logtostderr value log to standard error instead of files
--match-server-version Require server version to match client version
-n, --namespace string If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
--password string Password for basic authentication to the API server
-s, --server string The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--stderrthreshold value logs at or above this threshold go to stderr (default 2)
--token string Bearer token for authentication to the API server
--user string The name of the kubeconfig user to use
--username string Username for basic authentication to the API server
-v, --v value log level for V logs
--vmodule value comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging