kubernetes/docs/kubectl-port-forward.md

kubectl port-forward

Forward one or more local ports to a pod.

Synopsis

Forward one or more local ports to a pod.

kubectl port-forward -p POD [LOCAL_PORT:]REMOTE_PORT [...[LOCAL_PORT_N:]REMOTE_PORT_N]

Examples

// listens on ports 5000 and 6000 locally, forwarding data to/from ports 5000 and 6000 in the pod
$ kubectl port-forward -p mypod 5000 6000

// listens on port 8888 locally, forwarding to 5000 in the pod
$ kubectl port-forward -p mypod 8888:5000

// listens on a random port locally, forwarding to 5000 in the pod
$ kubectl port-forward -p mypod :5000

// listens on a random port locally, forwarding to 5000 in the pod
$ kubectl port-forward -p mypod 0:5000

Options

  -h, --help=false: help for port-forward
  -p, --pod="": Pod name

Options inherrited from parent commands

      --alsologtostderr=false: log to standard error as well as files
      --api-version="": The API version to use when talking to the server
  -a, --auth-path="": Path to the auth info file. If missing, prompt the user. Only used if using https.
      --certificate-authority="": Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.
      --client-certificate="": Path to a client key file for TLS.
      --client-key="": Path to a client key file for TLS.
      --cluster="": The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
      --context="": The name of the kubeconfig context to use
      --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false: If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure.
      --kubeconfig="": Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
      --log_backtrace_at=:0: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
      --log_dir=: If non-empty, write log files in this directory
      --log_flush_frequency=5s: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
      --logtostderr=true: log to standard error instead of files
      --match-server-version=false: Require server version to match client version
      --namespace="": If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.
      --password="": Password for basic authentication to the API server.
  -s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
      --stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
      --token="": Bearer token for authentication to the API server.
      --user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use
      --username="": Username for basic authentication to the API server.
      --v=0: log level for V logs
      --validate=false: If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it
      --vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging

SEE ALSO

• kubectl