cp
!!!Important Note!!! # Requires that the ‘tar’ binary is present in your container # image. If ‘tar’ is not present, ‘kubectl cp’ will fail. # # For advanced use cases, such as symlinks, wildcard expansion or # file mode preservation, consider using ‘kubectl exec’. # Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in namespace
tar cf - /tmp/foo | kubectl exec -i -n <some-namespace> <some-pod> -- tar xf - -C /tmp/bar
Copy /tmp/foo from a remote pod to /tmp/bar locally
kubectl exec -n <some-namespace> <some-pod> -- tar cf - /tmp/foo | tar xf - -C /tmp/bar
Copy /tmp/foo_dir local directory to /tmp/bar_dir in a remote pod in the default namespace
kubectl cp /tmp/foo_dir <some-pod>:/tmp/bar_dir
Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in a specific container
kubectl cp /tmp/foo <some-pod>:/tmp/bar -c <specific-container>
Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in namespace
kubectl cp /tmp/foo <some-namespace>/<some-pod>:/tmp/bar
Copy /tmp/foo from a remote pod to /tmp/bar locally
kubectl cp <some-namespace>/<some-pod>:/tmp/foo /tmp/bar
Copy files and directories to and from containers.
Usage
$ kubectl cp <file-spec-src> <file-spec-dest>
Flags
Name | Shorthand | Default | Usage |
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container | c | Container name. If omitted, use the kubectl.kubernetes.io/default-container annotation for selecting the container to be attached or the first container in the pod will be chosen | |
no-preserve | false | The copied file/directory’s ownership and permissions will not be preserved in the container |