Kubernetes Client Tool: kubectl

The Kubernetes control plane runs a REST API server for accessing Kubernetes resources and undertaking operational activities. Kubernetes comes with an open source official command-line tool named kubectl in order to consume the REST API. It is installed on the local system and configured to connect remote clusters securely and reliably. kubectl is the primary tool for the complete life cycle of applications running in Kubernetes. For instance, say you deploy a WordPress blog in your cluster. First, you start creating your database passwords as secrets using kubectl. Following that, you deploy your blog application and check its status. In addition to that, you may trace the logs of your applications or even SSH into the containers for further analysis. Therefore, it is a powerful CLI tool that can handle both basic create, read, update, and delete (CRUD) actions and troubleshooting.

In addition to application management, kubectl is also a powerful...