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Event Commands

Commands for viewing Kubernetes events.

View Events

k8stool get events <resource-type> <resource-name> [flags]
k8stool get ev <resource-type> <resource-name> [flags]    # Short alias

Flags

Flag Short Description Default
--namespace -n Target namespace default
--type - Filter by event type (Normal/Warning) -

Examples

View pod events: 

k8stool get events pod nginx-pod
k8stool get ev pod nginx-pod

View deployment events: 

k8stool get events deployment nginx
k8stool get ev deploy nginx

Filter by event type: 

k8stool get events pod nginx-pod --type Warning
k8stool get events deployment nginx --type Normal

Output

The output includes:

  • Last Seen (smart formatting)
  • Type (color-coded)
  • Normal: Green
  • Warning: Yellow
  • Reason
  • Object
  • Message

Example output: 

LAST SEEN   TYPE     REASON      OBJECT                MESSAGE
2m          Normal   Scheduled   pod/nginx-pod         Successfully assigned default/nginx-pod to node-1
30s         Warning  Failed      pod/nginx-pod         Error: ImagePullBackOff