Transferring files from a pod to a Linux shell

1. Obtain the name of the pod.

   Pod names have hashes in it that change each time a pod is started. To get the name of the current pods, issue the command:

   kubectl get pods 
   

2. To copy a file from the pod, use the syntax below, and make the following substitutions:

   kubectl cp <podname>:/<filename> /<path_on_local>/<filename> --container=<container_name> 
   

   podname : The name of the pod.

   filename : The file name inside the pod.

   path_on_local : The path on the machine running kubectl.

   container_name : The name of the container. If the pod only has one container you can omit this parameter. See Pods in Sametime for container names.

   For example if:

   • The pod name is jitsi-7b86fc4f64-vtrrb
   • The container name is jigasi
   • The file name inside the pod is test1.pcap To save this file to the /tmp directory on the machine running kubectl, then the command is:

   kubectl cp jitsi-7b86fc4f64-vtrrb:/test1.pcap /tmp/test1.pcap --container=jigasi
   

Parent Topic: Troubleshooting Sametime on Kubernetes