How can I list the taints on Kubernetes nodes?

Question

The docs are great about explaining how to set a taint on a node, or remove one. And I can use kubectl describe node to get a verbose description of one node, inclu

Answer 1

In Kubernetes 1.6.x the node taints have moved into the spec. Therefore the above answer by jaxxstorm will not work. Instead, you can use the following template.

{{printf "%-50s %-12s\n" "Node" "Taint"}}
{{- range .items}}
    {{- if $taint := (index .spec "taints") }}
        {{- .metadata.name }}{{ "\t" }}
        {{- range $taint }}
            {{- .key }}={{ .value }}:{{ .effect }}{{ "\t" }}
        {{- end }}
        {{- "\n" }}
    {{- end}}
{{- end}}

I have that saved into a file and then reference it like so:

kubectl get nodes -o go-template-file="./nodes-taints.tmpl"

You'll get output like so:

Node                                            Taint
ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.us-west-2.compute.internal   dedicate=etcd:NoSchedule
ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.us-west-2.compute.internal   dedicate=jenkins:NoSchedule
ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.us-west-2.compute.internal   dedicate=etcd:NoSchedule
ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.us-west-2.compute.internal   dedicate=containerlinux-canary-channel-workers:NoSchedule
ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.us-west-2.compute.internal   dedicate=jenkins:NoSchedule
ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.us-west-2.compute.internal   dedicate=etcd:NoSchedule
ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.us-west-2.compute.internal   dedicate=etcd:NoSchedule
ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.us-west-2.compute.internal   dedicate=etcd:NoSchedule
ip-xxx-xxx-xxx-xxx.us-west-2.compute.internal   dedicate=jenkins:NoSchedule

I'm not a huge go template user so I'm sure there are some things I could have done better but it is what it is.

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Same as above but all in one line:

kubectl get nodes -o go-template='{{printf "%-50s %-12s\n" "Node" "Taint"}}{{- range .items}}{{- if $taint := (index .spec "taints") }}{{- .metadata.name }}{{ "\t" }}{{- range $taint }}{{- .key }}={{ .value }}:{{ .effect }}{{ "\t" }}{{- end }}{{- "\n" }}{{- end}}{{- end}}'