What is Kubectl exec?

Question

Could someone tell me what exactly is kubectl exec command?

Answer 1

Within Kubernetes, there is a Kubernetes command-line that could be used to manage and interact with clusters. There are numerous commands that could be used for these purposes. And one of those commands is “kubectl exec”, and now its function is to execute the command after selecting a container for debugging purposes.

The syntax for the “kubectl exec” command is:

kubectl exec POD [-c CONTAINER] -- COMMAND [args...]

This command is very helpful for those who work consistently with Kubernetes, workloads and is quite helpful in removing any error within the application.

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