Copying Container Files
Copying Container Files
TL;DR
- Copy files to and from Containers in a cluster
Copying Container Files
Motivation
- Copying files from Containers in a cluster to a local filesystem
- Copying files from a local filesystem to Containers in a cluster
Install Tar
Copy requires that tar be installed in the container image.Local to Remote
Copy a local file to a remote Pod in a cluster.
- Local file format is
<path> - Remote file format is
<pod-name>:<path>
kubectl cp /tmp/foo_dir <some-pod>:/tmp/bar_dir
Remote to Local
Copy a remote file from a Pod to a local file.
- Local file format is
<path> - Remote file format is
<pod-name>:<path>
kubectl cp <some-pod>:/tmp/foo /tmp/bar
Operations
One can also perform operations such as:
- Copy a specific container within a Pod running multiple containers
- Set the Pod namespace by prefixing the Pod name with
<namespace>/.
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Last modified February 18, 2023: Fix some small doc typos (31e6c04)