status
Gets the status of a local Kubernetes cluster
minikube status
Gets the status of a local Kubernetes cluster
Synopsis
Gets the status of a local Kubernetes cluster. Exit status contains the status of minikube’s VM, cluster and Kubernetes encoded on it’s bits in this order from right to left. Eg: 7 meaning: 1 (for minikube NOK) + 2 (for cluster NOK) + 4 (for Kubernetes NOK)
minikube status [flags]
Options
-f, --format string Go template format string for the status output. The format for Go templates can be found here: https://pkg.go.dev/text/template
For the list accessible variables for the template, see the struct values here: https://pkg.go.dev/k8s.io/minikube/cmd/minikube/cmd#Status (default "{{.Name}}\ntype: Control Plane\nhost: {{.Host}}\nkubelet: {{.Kubelet}}\napiserver: {{.APIServer}}\nkubeconfig: {{.Kubeconfig}}\n{{- if .TimeToStop }}\ntimeToStop: {{.TimeToStop}}\n{{- end }}\n{{- if .DockerEnv }}\ndocker-env: {{.DockerEnv}}\n{{- end }}\n{{- if .PodManEnv }}\npodman-env: {{.PodManEnv}}\n{{- end }}\n\n")
-l, --layout string output layout (EXPERIMENTAL, JSON only): 'nodes' or 'cluster' (default "nodes")
-n, --node string The node to check status for. Defaults to control plane. Leave blank with default format for status on all nodes.
-o, --output string minikube status --output OUTPUT. json, text (default "text")
-w, --watch duration[=1s] Continuously listing/getting the status with optional interval duration. (default 1s)
Options inherited from parent commands
--add_dir_header If true, adds the file directory to the header of the log messages
--alsologtostderr log to standard error as well as files (no effect when -logtostderr=true)
-b, --bootstrapper string The name of the cluster bootstrapper that will set up the Kubernetes cluster. (default "kubeadm")
-h, --help
--log_backtrace_at traceLocation when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace (default :0)
--log_dir string If non-empty, write log files in this directory (no effect when -logtostderr=true)
--log_file string If non-empty, use this log file (no effect when -logtostderr=true)
--log_file_max_size uint Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to (no effect when -logtostderr=true). Unit is megabytes. If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited. (default 1800)
--logtostderr log to standard error instead of files
--one_output If true, only write logs to their native severity level (vs also writing to each lower severity level; no effect when -logtostderr=true)
-p, --profile string The name of the minikube VM being used. This can be set to allow having multiple instances of minikube independently. (default "minikube")
--rootless Force to use rootless driver (docker and podman driver only)
--skip-audit Skip recording the current command in the audit logs.
--skip_headers If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
--skip_log_headers If true, avoid headers when opening log files (no effect when -logtostderr=true)
--stderrthreshold severity logs at or above this threshold go to stderr when writing to files and stderr (no effect when -logtostderr=true or -alsologtostderr=false) (default 2)
--user string Specifies the user executing the operation. Useful for auditing operations executed by 3rd party tools. Defaults to the operating system username.
-v, --v Level number for the log level verbosity
--vmodule moduleSpec comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
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Last modified May 31, 2023: Refactored code, updated error messages, and generated docs (c81a3172a)