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datumctl describe

Show details of a specific resource or group of resources

Show details of a specific resource or group of resources.

Print a detailed description of the selected resources, including related resources such as events or controllers. You may select a single object by name, all objects of that type, provide a name prefix, or label selector. For example:

$ kubectl describe TYPE NAME_PREFIX

will first check for an exact match on TYPE and NAME_PREFIX. If no such resource exists, it will output details for every resource that has a name prefixed with NAME_PREFIX.

Use “datumctl api-resources” for a complete list of supported resources.

datumctl describe (-f FILENAME | TYPE [NAME_PREFIX | -l label] | TYPE/NAME)
# Describe a node
kubectl describe nodes kubernetes-node-emt8.c.myproject.internal
# Describe a pod
kubectl describe pods/nginx
# Describe a pod identified by type and name in "pod.json"
kubectl describe -f pod.json
# Describe all pods
kubectl describe pods
# Describe pods by label name=myLabel
kubectl describe pods -l name=myLabel
# Describe all pods managed by the 'frontend' replication controller
# (rc-created pods get the name of the rc as a prefix in the pod name)
kubectl describe pods frontend
-A, --all-namespaces If present, list the requested object(s) across all namespaces. Namespace in current context is ignored even if specified with --namespace.
--chunk-size int Return large lists in chunks rather than all at once. Pass 0 to disable. (default 500)
-f, --filename strings Filename, directory, or URL to files containing the resource to describe
-h, --help help for describe
-k, --kustomize string Process the kustomization directory. This flag can't be used together with -f or -R.
-R, --recursive Process the directory used in -f, --filename recursively. Useful when you want to manage related manifests organized within the same directory.
-l, --selector string Selector (label query) to filter on, supports '=', '==', '!=', 'in', 'notin'.(e.g. -l key1=value1,key2=value2,key3 in (value3)). Matching objects must satisfy all of the specified label constraints.
--show-events If true, display events related to the described object. (default true)
--as string Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.
--as-group stringArray Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.
--as-uid string UID to impersonate for the operation.
--as-user-extra stringArray User extras to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple values for the same key.
--certificate-authority string Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
--disable-compression If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server
--insecure-skip-tls-verify If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
--log-flush-frequency duration Maximum number of seconds between log flushes (default 5s)
-n, --namespace string If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
--organization string organization name
--platform-wide access the platform root instead of a project or organization control plane
--project string project name
--request-timeout string The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests. (default "0")
-s, --server string The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--tls-server-name string Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used
--token string Bearer token for authentication to the API server
--user string The name of the kubeconfig user to use
-v, --v Level number for the log level verbosity
--vmodule moduleSpec comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging (only works for the default text log format)
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