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GCP ACE · Question 34 · Domain 4.2: Managing GKE resources
You need to view the logs of a specific pod named frontend-pod-123 running in your GKE cluster to troubleshoot an application error. Which command should you use?
You need to view the logs of a specific pod named frontend-pod-123 running in your GKE cluster to troubleshoot an application error. Which command should you use?
Answer options:
A.
gcloud container logs frontend-pod-123
B.
kubectl get logs frontend-pod-123
C.
kubectl logs frontend-pod-123
D.
kubectl describe pod frontend-pod-123
How to approach this question
Remember the standard kubectl command for viewing application output.
Full Answer
C.kubectl logs frontend-pod-123✓ Correct
kubectl logs frontend-pod-123
The `kubectl logs [POD_NAME]` command retrieves the standard output (stdout) and standard error (stderr) from the containers running inside the specified pod. This is the primary way to troubleshoot application-level errors in Kubernetes.
Common mistakes
Using `kubectl describe`, which is useful for scheduling errors but doesn't show application logs.
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