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

Link: https://youtu.be/66ibYdQGfic