Copy directories and files to and from Kubernetes Container [POD]
As we all know about SCP Linux command to Copy the files and directories from a remote host to the local host and vice versa over SSH . Similar to that we have ' KUBECTL CP ' to Copy the files and directories from a Kubernetes Container [POD] to the local host and vice versa. Syntax : kubectl cp <file-spec-src> <file-spec-dest> POD in a specific container kubectl cp <file-spec-src> <file-spec-dest> -c <specific-container> Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in namespace kubectl cp /tmp/foo <some-namespace>/<some-pod>:/tmp/bar Copy /tmp/foo from a remote pod to /tmp/bar locally kubectl cp <some-namespace>/<some-pod>:/tmp/foo /tmp/bar