rtk kubectl

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Overview

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Syntax

rtk kubectl <SUBCOMMAND> [OPTIONS]

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Subcommands

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rtk kubectl pods

rtk kubectl pods [OPTIONS]

8 pods in default:
✅ web-deploy-abc123 (2/2) [Running 5h]
✅ api-deploy-def456 (1/1) [Running 5h]
🔄 worker-xyz789 (0/1) [CrashLoopBackOff]
... +5 more

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rtk kubectl services

rtk kubectl services [OPTIONS]

3 services:
web-svc        LoadBalancer  :80 → nodes:30080
api-svc        ClusterIP     :3000
db-svc         ClusterIP     :5432

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rtk kubectl logs

rtk kubectl logs <POD> [OPTIONS]

• Deduplicates repeated messages
• Groups similar log patterns
• Strips k8s metadata

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Examples

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List Pods in Namespace

rtk kubectl pods -n production

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View Pod Logs

rtk kubectl logs web-deploy-abc123 --tail 100

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List All Services

rtk kubectl services --all-namespaces

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Implementation

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Optimizations

• Status icons: ✅ Running, 🔄 Pending/CrashLoop, ⏹️ Terminated
• Container ratios: (2/2) instead of full Ready/Total columns
• Age formatting: 5h instead of verbose duration
• Port compaction: :80→30080 instead of full notation

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Related Commands

• rtk docker - Docker operations
• rtk log - Log filtering

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