Kubectl Verbosity
Kubectl Verbosity
Kubectl verbosity is controlled with the -v or –v flags followed by an integer (0 to 9) representing the log level. For example, –v=9 Display HTTP request contents without truncation of contents.
Sample output for --v=8 Display HTTP request contents
lab@k8s1:~$ kubectl get nodes --v=8
I0401 01:08:21.132227 2015543 loader.go:372] Config loaded from file: /home/lab/.kube/config
I0401 01:08:21.140214 2015543 round_trippers.go:432] GET https://192.168.100.1:6443/api/v1/nodes?limit=500
I0401 01:08:21.140238 2015543 round_trippers.go:438] Request Headers:
I0401 01:08:21.140248 2015543 round_trippers.go:442] Accept: application/json;as=Table;v=v1;g=meta.k8s.io,application/json;as=Table;v=v1beta1;g=meta.k8s.io,application/json
I0401 01:08:21.140257 2015543 round_trippers.go:442] User-Agent: kubectl/v1.22.0 (linux/amd64) kubernetes/c2b5237
I0401 01:08:21.152861 2015543 round_trippers.go:457] Response Status: 200 OK in 12 milliseconds
I0401 01:08:21.153037 2015543 round_trippers.go:460] Response Headers:
I0401 01:08:21.153140 2015543 round_trippers.go:463] X-Kubernetes-Pf-Flowschema-Uid: 10ca7bc4-0deb-4382-af07-13786e908ab6
I0401 01:08:21.153254 2015543 round_trippers.go:463] X-Kubernetes-Pf-Prioritylevel-Uid: e1a275c1-a809-4c6b-8e09-6a96b976ceb6
I0401 01:08:21.153328 2015543 round_trippers.go:463] Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 08:08:21 GMT
I0401 01:08:21.153390 2015543 round_trippers.go:463] Audit-Id: 72ed6b06-94fb-4b92-b4b5-17d0c5d33cd1
I0401 01:08:21.153442 2015543 round_trippers.go:463] Cache-Control: no-cache, private
I0401 01:08:21.153512 2015543 round_trippers.go:463] Content-Type: application/json
I0401 01:08:21.153859 2015543 request.go:1181] Response Body: {"kind":"Table","apiVersion":"meta.k8s.io/v1","metadata":{"resourceVersion":"250015"},"columnDefinitions":[{"name":"Name","type":"string","format":"name","description":"Name must be unique within a namespace. Is required when creating resources, although some resources may allow a client to request the generation of an appropriate name automatically. Name is primarily intended for creation idempotence and configuration definition. Cannot be updated. More info: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/identifiers#names","priority":0},{"name":"Status","type":"string","format":"","description":"The status of the node","priority":0},{"name":"Roles","type":"string","format":"","description":"The roles of the node","priority":0},{"name":"Age","type":"string","format":"","description":"CreationTimestamp is a timestamp representing the server time when this object was created. It is not guaranteed to be set in happens-before order across separate operations. Clients may not set this value. It is represented in RFC3339 fo [truncated 11196 chars]
NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION
k8s1 Ready control-plane,master 2d17h v1.22.8
k8s2 Ready <none> 2d16h v1.22.8
k8s3 Ready <none> 2d15h v1.22.8
lab@k8s1:~$
lab@k8s1:~$ kubectl get pods --v=8
I0401 01:09:53.596462 2016120 loader.go:372] Config loaded from file: /home/lab/.kube/config
I0401 01:09:53.605561 2016120 round_trippers.go:432] GET https://192.168.100.1:6443/api/v1/namespaces/default/pods?limit=500
I0401 01:09:53.605604 2016120 round_trippers.go:438] Request Headers:
I0401 01:09:53.605618 2016120 round_trippers.go:442] Accept: application/json;as=Table;v=v1;g=meta.k8s.io,application/json;as=Table;v=v1beta1;g=meta.k8s.io,application/json
I0401 01:09:53.605629 2016120 round_trippers.go:442] User-Agent: kubectl/v1.22.0 (linux/amd64) kubernetes/c2b5237
I0401 01:09:53.618308 2016120 round_trippers.go:457] Response Status: 200 OK in 12 milliseconds
I0401 01:09:53.618334 2016120 round_trippers.go:460] Response Headers:
I0401 01:09:53.618342 2016120 round_trippers.go:463] Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 08:09:53 GMT
I0401 01:09:53.618347 2016120 round_trippers.go:463] Audit-Id: 05eaeecf-6184-4406-b9ae-75f549f6009a
I0401 01:09:53.618355 2016120 round_trippers.go:463] Cache-Control: no-cache, private
I0401 01:09:53.618365 2016120 round_trippers.go:463] Content-Type: application/json
I0401 01:09:53.618375 2016120 round_trippers.go:463] X-Kubernetes-Pf-Flowschema-Uid: 10ca7bc4-0deb-4382-af07-13786e908ab6
I0401 01:09:53.618386 2016120 round_trippers.go:463] X-Kubernetes-Pf-Prioritylevel-Uid: e1a275c1-a809-4c6b-8e09-6a96b976ceb6
I0401 01:09:53.620382 2016120 request.go:1181] Response Body: {"kind":"Table","apiVersion":"meta.k8s.io/v1","metadata":{"resourceVersion":"250143"},"columnDefinitions":[{"name":"Name","type":"string","format":"name","description":"Name must be unique within a namespace. Is required when creating resources, although some resources may allow a client to request the generation of an appropriate name automatically. Name is primarily intended for creation idempotence and configuration definition. Cannot be updated. More info: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/identifiers#names","priority":0},{"name":"Ready","type":"string","format":"","description":"The aggregate readiness state of this pod for accepting traffic.","priority":0},{"name":"Status","type":"string","format":"","description":"The aggregate status of the containers in this pod.","priority":0},{"name":"Restarts","type":"string","format":"","description":"The number of times the containers in this pod have been restarted and when the last container in this pod has restarted.","priority":0},{"name":"Age","type":"st [truncated 19784 chars]
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
web-79d88c97d6-4w4nl 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-7ktck 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-8tvsk 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-96sd9 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-9tzlh 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-brtgx 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-kngc4 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-p5vfg 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-rbhpr 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
lab@k8s1:~$
Sample output for --v=6 Display requested resources
lab@k8s1:~$ kubectl get pods --v=6
I0401 01:10:17.042637 2016316 loader.go:372] Config loaded from file: /home/lab/.kube/config
I0401 01:10:17.063058 2016316 round_trippers.go:454] GET https://192.168.100.1:6443/api/v1/namespaces/default/pods?limit=500 200 OK in 10 milliseconds
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
web-79d88c97d6-4w4nl 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-7ktck 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-8tvsk 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-96sd9 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-9tzlh 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-brtgx 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-kngc4 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-p5vfg 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-rbhpr 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
lab@k8s1:~$
lab@k8s1:~$ kubectl get pods --v=9
I0401 01:13:30.893071 2017538 loader.go:372] Config loaded from file: /home/lab/.kube/config
I0401 01:13:30.903470 2017538 round_trippers.go:435] curl -v -XGET -H "Accept: application/json;as=Table;v=v1;g=meta.k8s.io,application/json;as=Table;v=v1beta1;g=meta.k8s.io,application/json" -H "User-Agent: kubectl/v1.22.0 (linux/amd64) kubernetes/c2b5237" 'https://192.168.100.1:6443/api/v1/namespaces/default/pods?limit=500'
I0401 01:13:30.914694 2017538 round_trippers.go:454] GET https://192.168.100.1:6443/api/v1/namespaces/default/pods?limit=500 200 OK in 11 milliseconds
I0401 01:13:30.914870 2017538 round_trippers.go:460] Response Headers:
I0401 01:13:30.914987 2017538 round_trippers.go:463] Cache-Control: no-cache, private
I0401 01:13:30.915107 2017538 round_trippers.go:463] Content-Type: application/json
I0401 01:13:30.915169 2017538 round_trippers.go:463] X-Kubernetes-Pf-Flowschema-Uid: 10ca7bc4-0deb-4382-af07-13786e908ab6
I0401 01:13:30.915223 2017538 round_trippers.go:463] X-Kubernetes-Pf-Prioritylevel-Uid: e1a275c1-a809-4c6b-8e09-6a96b976ceb6
I0401 01:13:30.915276 2017538 round_trippers.go:463] Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2022 08:13:30 GMT
I0401 01:13:30.915343 2017538 round_trippers.go:463] Audit-Id: 97dbe3b8-ea5a-4483-bf18-b02c44567001
I0401 01:13:30.915983 2017538 request.go:1181] Response Body: {"kind":"Table","apiVersion":"meta.k8s.io/v1","metadata":{"resourceVersion":"250450"},"columnDefinitions":[{"name":"Name","type":"string","format":"name","description":"Name must be unique within a namespace. Is required when creating resources, although some resources may allow a client to request the generation of an appropriate name automatically. Name is primarily intended for creation idempotence and configuration definition. Cannot be updated. 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NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
web-79d88c97d6-4w4nl 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-7ktck 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-8tvsk 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-96sd9 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-9tzlh 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-brtgx 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-kngc4 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-p5vfg 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
web-79d88c97d6-rbhpr 1/1 Running 0 2d13h
lab@k8s1:~$
