What is command to find detailed information about Kubernetes master(s) using kubectl?

Question

Let say I want to find the kubelet and apiserver version of my k8s master(s), what\'s the best way to do it?

I am aware of the following commands:

kubect         


        

Answer 1

kubectl version --short will give you a short and sweet version of your k8-cluster

aathith@k8-master:~# kubectl version --short
Client Version: v1.18.1
Server Version: v1.18.1

edit 1:
In terminal 1

aathith@k8-master:~# kubectl proxy
Starting to serve on 127.0.0.1:8001

In terminal 2

aathith@k8-master:~# curl http://localhost:8001/version -k
{
  "major": "1",
  "minor": "18",
  "gitVersion": "v1.18.1",
  "gitCommit": "e0fccafd69541e3750d460ba0f9743b90336f24f",
  "gitTreeState": "clean",
  "buildDate": "2020-04-16T11:35:47Z",
  "goVersion": "go1.13.9",
  "compiler": "gc",
  "platform": "linux/amd64"
}