View log files of crashed pods in kubernetes

Question

Any idea to view the log files of a crashed pod in kubernetes? My pod is listing it\'s state as \"CrashLoopBackOff\" after started the replicationController. I search the availa

Answer 1

kubectl logs command only works if the pod is up and running. If they are not, you can use the kubectl events command.

kubectl get events -n  --sort-by='.metadata.creationTimestamp'

By default it does not sort the events, hence the --sort-by flag.