Tasks
This section of the Kubernetes documentation contains pages that show how to do individual tasks. A task page shows how to do a single thing, typically by giving a short sequence of steps.
Using the kubectl Command Line
Configuring Pods and Containers
- Defining Environment Variables for a Container
- Defining a Command and Arguments for a Container
- Assigning CPU and RAM Resources to a Container
- Configuring a Pod to Use a Volume for Storage
- Configuring a Pod to Use a PersistentVolume for Storage
- Exposing Pod Information to Containers Through Environment Variables
- Exposing Pod Information to Containers Using a DownwardAPIVolumeFile
- Distributing Credentials Securely
- Pulling an Image from a Private Registry
- Configuring Liveness and Readiness Probes
- Communicating Between Containers Running in the Same Pod
- Configuring Pod Initialization
- Attaching Handlers to Container Lifecycle Events
Accessing Applications in a Cluster
- Using Port Forwarding to Access Applications in a Cluster
- Providing Load-Balanced Access to an Application in a Cluster
Monitoring, Logging, and Debugging
- Determining the Reason for Pod Failure
- Debugging Init Containers
- Logging Using Stackdriver
- Logging Using ElasticSearch and Kibana
Accessing the Kubernetes API
Administering a Cluster
- Assigning Pods to Nodes
- Autoscaling the DNS Service in a Cluster
- Safely Draining a Node while Respecting Application SLOs
- Changing Reclaim Policy of a PersistentVolume
Managing Stateful Applications
- Upgrading from PetSets to StatefulSets
- Scaling a StatefulSet
- Deleting a StatefulSet
- Debugging a StatefulSet
- Force Deleting StatefulSet Pods
What’s next
If you would like to write a task page, see Creating a Documentation Pull Request.