Kubernetes Basics Guide 🌱

Minikube 🐳

Enable Metrics Server

To enable the metrics server for your Minikube cluster:

kubectl addons enable metrics-server

View Node and Pod Usage

To view the usage of nodes and pods:

kubectl top node
kubectl top pod

Kubeadm Cluster 🌐

Install Metric Server

To install the Metric Server binary and enable metrics for pods and nodes, follow the official installation guide from the Kubernetes Metrics Server documentation (opens in a new tab).

Logs 📜

View Pod Logs

To show logs of a pod:

kubectl logs -f event-sim.yaml

View Specific Container Logs

If the YAML file has multiple pods, use this command to view logs for a specific container within a pod:

kubectl logs -f event-sim.yaml <container-name>