How to copy files from kubernetes Pods to local system

Question

I\'m trying to copy files from Kubernetes Pods to my local system. I am getting the below error while running following command:

kubectl cp aks-ssh2-6cd4948         


        

Answer 1

You can mount a local directory into the pod.

Update your aks-ssh yaml file:

spec:
  ...
  containers:
    ...
    volumeMounts:
    - name: test-dir
      mountPath: /home/azureuser
    ...
  volumes:
  - name: test-dir
    hostPath:
      path: /path/to/your/local/dir

Now you can access your files in the local directory.