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How to login/enter in kubernetes pod
solveit
12 Oct 2025, 18:37 UTC
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I have kubernetes pods running as shown in command "kubectl get all -A" :
and same pods are shown in command "kubectl get pod -A" :
I want to enter/login to any of these pod (all are in Running state). How can I do that please let me know the command?
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Jonas
Permalink14 Oct 2025, 18:37 UTC
Kubernetes Pods are not Virtual Machines, so not something you typically can "log in" to.
But you might be able to execute a command in a container. e.g. with:
kubectl exec <pod-name> -- <command>
Note that your container need to contain the binary for <command>, otherwise this will fail.
See also Getting a shell to a container.
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Apurva SinghPermalink
16 Oct 2025, 18:37 UTC
you cannot login to a pod. it is not a process. it is a kind of 'environment'. it doesn't have port numbers. only IP. but as mentioned by others, you can exec binaries present on the node, which run as a container.