kubectl port-forward --help

kubectl port-forward --help

Forward one or more local ports to a pod.

 Use resource type/name such as deployment/mydeployment to select a pod. Resource type defaults to
'pod' if omitted.

 If there are multiple pods matching the criteria, a pod will be selected automatically. The
forwarding session ends when the selected pod terminates, and a rerun of the command is needed to
resume forwarding.

Examples:
  # Listen on ports 5000 and 6000 locally, forwarding data to/from ports 5000 and 6000 in the pod
  kubectl port-forward pod/mypod 5000 6000

  # Listen on ports 5000 and 6000 locally, forwarding data to/from ports 5000 and 6000 in a pod
selected by the deployment
  kubectl port-forward deployment/mydeployment 5000 6000

  # Listen on port 8443 locally, forwarding to the targetPort of the service's port named "https" in
a pod selected by the service
  kubectl port-forward service/myservice 8443:https

  # Listen on port 8888 locally, forwarding to 5000 in the pod
  kubectl port-forward pod/mypod 8888:5000

  # Listen on port 8888 on all addresses, forwarding to 5000 in the pod
  kubectl port-forward --address 0.0.0.0 pod/mypod 8888:5000

  # Listen on port 8888 on localhost and selected IP, forwarding to 5000 in the pod
  kubectl port-forward --address localhost,10.19.21.23 pod/mypod 8888:5000

  # Listen on a random port locally, forwarding to 5000 in the pod
  kubectl port-forward pod/mypod :5000

Options:
    --address=[localhost]:
	Addresses to listen on (comma separated). Only accepts IP addresses or localhost as a
	value. When localhost is supplied, kubectl will try to bind on both 127.0.0.1 and ::1 and
	will fail if neither of these addresses are available to bind.

    --pod-running-timeout=1m0s:
	The length of time (like 5s, 2m, or 3h, higher than zero) to wait until at least one pod
	is running

Usage:
  kubectl port-forward TYPE/NAME [options] [LOCAL_PORT:]REMOTE_PORT
[...[LOCAL_PORT_N:]REMOTE_PORT_N]

Use "kubectl options" for a list of global command-line options (applies to all commands).

See also

• kubectl port-forward [ --help ]