Kube Main Commands

• List all running pods

  $ kubectl get pods

  or

  $ kubectl get pods --all-namespaces

• Apply changes after editing values.yaml file

  $ helm upgrade -f values.yaml <release_name> --set datadog.apiKey=<api_key> datadog/datadog --set targetSystem=linux  

• Install / apply changes after editing a integration .yaml file

  $ kubectl apply -f <file_name>.yaml

• Generate a flare or status for the pod / cluster agent

  $ kubectl exec <pod_name> -it agent <agent_command> (status or flare)

• Extract flare from local container

  $ kubectl cp <namespace/pod_name>:<generated_URL> <local_machine_directory>/<flare_new_name>.zip -c agent

Example:

$ kubectl cp default/release-datadog-x7d7h:/tmp/datadog-agent-2022-06-06T16-31-22Z.zip Flares/flare.zip -c agent

More information

• Helm Documentation
• Kubectl Cheatsheet
• Datadog values.yaml