How to read a pod's logs — kubectl logs

The application misbehaves and its stdout is the first place to look.

Placeholders follow the cheatsheet: web is a deployment/pod name and app.yaml is your manifest. Most commands act on the current namespace — add -n <ns> to target another one.

kubectl logs web-6d9f7c5b4-x2abc            # stdout/stderr of the (single) container
kubectl logs web-6d9f7c5b4-x2abc -c api     # multi-container pod? pick one with -c

kubectl Cheatsheet one-page card — commands that actually work — The full one-page card — kubectl Cheatsheet. Get the complete cheatsheet on GitHub