Basic commands

How to Monitor Pods

Navigate to Observe > Dashboards or Metrics.

View pods:

oc get pods -o wide -n <namespace>

Access the OpenShift Console: Navigate to Workloads > Pods.
Select the Pod: Click on the pod you want to debug.
Open Debug Terminal: Use the "Terminal" tab in the GUI to execute commands directly in the container.
Alternatively, use the Actions > Debug option (if available), which starts a debug container or pod.
Go to the logs tab, and if your pods fails to start you will see a debug option.

Start a debug session on a pod:
```
oc debug pod/<pod-name>
```
This starts a debug pod based on the existing pod's configuration.

Start a debug session with a specific image:

oc debug --image=<image-name> -t

Example:

oc debug --image=busybox -t

Attach to a container: After starting the debug pod, use oc rsh or oc exec to interact with the debug container.

Using oc rsh 1. Start an interactive shell in a pod:

oc rsh <pod-name>

Example:

oc rsh my-app-pod

Run a command in a pod:

oc exec -it <pod-name> -- <command>

Example:

oc exec -it my-app-pod -- /bin/bash

Start a bash shell:

oc exec -it <pod-name> -- bash

If the container doesn't have bash, try /bin/sh:

oc exec -it <pod-name> -- /bin/sh

If the pod has multiple containers, specify the container name:
```
oc exec -it <pod-name> -c <container-name> -- /bin/bash
```
Check the oc get pods output to confirm the pod name and container name.

Use the netshoot image from quay.io:

oc run tmp-shell --rm -i --tty --image quay.io/tccr/netshoot