kubectl StatefulSets commands

k8s 1.36 15 commands

15 commands in 3 groups: Manage, Rollout, List & Inspect. Click or tap any command to copy it. Official documentation: kubernetes.io.

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Manage

Create, update, scale, and delete StatefulSets and their associated pods.

kubectl apply -f statefulset.yaml

Apply StatefulSet from manifest

kubectl delete statefulset <name>

Delete a StatefulSet

kubectl delete statefulset <name> --cascade=orphan

Delete StatefulSet, keep its pods

kubectl edit statefulset <name>

Edit StatefulSet in $EDITOR

kubectl scale statefulset/<name> --replicas=<n>

Scale to N replicas

Track, restart, and roll back StatefulSet updates.

kubectl rollout history statefulset/<name>

Show revision history

kubectl rollout restart statefulset/<name>

Trigger a rolling restart

kubectl rollout status statefulset/<name>

Watch rollout progress

kubectl rollout undo statefulset/<name>

Rollback to previous revision

View StatefulSets and their replica count, age, and current state.

kubectl describe statefulset <name>

Full StatefulSet details and events

kubectl get statefulsets

List StatefulSets in current namespace

kubectl get sts

Short alias for get statefulsets

kubectl get statefulset <name> -o yaml

Get StatefulSet manifest as YAML

kubectl get statefulsets -A

All StatefulSets across namespaces

kubectl get statefulsets -n <namespace>

StatefulSets in a specific namespace