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Monitor and Output Logs to a File in Kubernetes

You can troubleshoot broken pods quickly using the `kubectl logs` command. You can manipulate the output and save it to a file in order to capture important data. In this hands-on lab, you will be presented with a broken pod, and you must collect the logs and save them to a file in order to better understand the issue.

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Level
Clock icon Intermediate
Duration
Clock icon 30m
Published
Clock icon Mar 31, 2019

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Identify the problematic pod in your cluster.

    Use the following command to view all the pods in your cluster:

    kubectl get pods --all-namespaces
    
  2. Challenge

    Collect the logs from the pod.

    Use the following command to collect the logs from the pod:

    kubectl logs <pod_name> -n <namespace_name>
    
  3. Challenge

    Output the logs to a file.

    Use the following command to output the logs to a file:

    kubectl logs <pod_name> -n <namespace_name> > broken-pod.log
    

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