Where is the complete list of kubernetes objects? - kubernetes

Question

kubernetes seems to have lot of objects. I can't seem to find the full list of objects anywhere. After briefly searching on google, I can find results which mention a subset of kubernetes objects. Is the full list of objects documented somewhere, perhaps in source code? Thank you.

Answer 1

Following command successfully display all kubernetes objects
kubectl api-resources
Example
[root#hsk-controller ~]# kubectl api-resources
NAME SHORTNAMES KIND
bindings Binding
componentstatuses cs ComponentStatus
configmaps cm ConfigMap
endpoints ep Endpoints
events ev Event
limitranges limits LimitRange
namespaces ns Namespace
nodes no Node
persistentvolumeclaims pvc PersistentVolumeClaim
persistentvolumes pv PersistentVolume
pods po Pod
podtemplates PodTemplate
replicationcontrollers rc ReplicationController
resourcequotas quota ResourceQuota
secrets Secret
serviceaccounts sa ServiceAccount
services svc Service
initializerconfigurations InitializerConfiguration
mutatingwebhookconfigurations MutatingWebhookConfiguration
validatingwebhookconfigurations ValidatingWebhookConfiguration
customresourcedefinitions crd,crds CustomResourceDefinition
apiservices APIService
controllerrevisions ControllerRevision
daemonsets ds DaemonSet
deployments deploy Deployment
replicasets rs ReplicaSet
statefulsets sts StatefulSet
tokenreviews TokenReview
localsubjectaccessreviews LocalSubjectAccessReview
selfsubjectaccessreviews SelfSubjectAccessReview
selfsubjectrulesreviews SelfSubjectRulesReview
subjectaccessreviews SubjectAccessReview
horizontalpodautoscalers hpa HorizontalPodAutoscaler
cronjobs cj CronJob
jobs Job
brpolices br,bp BrPolicy
clusters rcc Cluster
filesystems rcfs Filesystem
objectstores rco ObjectStore
pools rcp Pool
certificatesigningrequests csr CertificateSigningRequest
leases Lease
events ev Event
daemonsets ds DaemonSet
deployments deploy Deployment
ingresses ing Ingress
networkpolicies netpol NetworkPolicy
podsecuritypolicies psp PodSecurityPolicy
replicasets rs ReplicaSet
nodes NodeMetrics
pods PodMetrics
networkpolicies netpol NetworkPolicy
poddisruptionbudgets pdb PodDisruptionBudget
podsecuritypolicies psp PodSecurityPolicy
clusterrolebindings ClusterRoleBinding
clusterroles ClusterRole
rolebindings RoleBinding
roles Role
volumes rv Volume
priorityclasses pc PriorityClass
storageclasses sc StorageClass
volumeattachments VolumeAttachment
Note: kubernate version is v1.12*
kubectl version

Answer 2

The following command list all supported API versions:
$ kubectl api-versions
You can have a bit detailed information from kube-apiserver REST API:
Open connection to kube-apiserver
$ kubectl proxy &
Now you can discover API resources:
This request gives you all existed paths on apiserver (in JSON format):
$ curl http://localhost:8001/
"/apis/extensions/v1beta1",
"/apis/networking.k8s.io",
"/apis/networking.k8s.io/v1",
"/apis/policy",
"/apis/policy/v1beta1",
"/apis/rbac.authorization.k8s.io",
"/apis/rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1",
...
"/version"
]
}
You can request details about particular path:
curl http://localhost:8001/api/v1
...
{
"name": "configmaps",
"singularName": "",
"namespaced": true,
"kind": "ConfigMap",
"verbs": [
"create",
"delete",
"deletecollection",
"get",
"list",
"patch",
"update",
"watch"
],
"shortNames": [
"cm"
]
},
...
This information helps you to write kubectl commands, e.g.:
$ kubectl get configmaps
$ kubectl get cm
But you may find more convenient to use built-in documentation provided by kubectl explain.
For example, this command shows you a list of Kubernetes objects:
$ kubectl explain
You can have detailed information about any of listed resources:
$ kubectl explain rc
$ kubectl explain rc.spec
$ kubectl explain rc.spec.selector
Or you can print full blown YAML template(or part) of the object by adding --recursive flag:
$ kubectl explain rc --recursive
$ kubectl explain rc.metadata --recursive
Links in the desctiption points to the documentation about particular object. E.g.:
DESCRIPTION:
If the Labels of a ReplicationController are empty, they are defaulted to
be the same as the Pod(s) that the replication controller manages. Standard
object's metadata. More info:
https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/api-conventions.md#metadata
ObjectMeta is metadata that all persisted resources must have, which
includes all objects users must create.
If you need complete description with examples you can always find it in the official API Reference (or the older version), mentioned by Matthew L Daniel
You also might find helpful kubectl Reference or kubectl Cheatsheet
Update: Using the following one-liner you can list all objects grouped by API versions (including CRDs). It may be useful to check if an object is present in more than one API group and therefore more than one apiVersion is applicable in its manifest. (For different apiVersions object configuration may be slightly different.)
a=$(kubectl api-versions) ; for n in $a ; do echo ; echo "apiVersion: $n" ; kubectl api-resources --api-group="${n%/*}" ; done
Partial example output:
...
apiVersion: autoscaling/v1
NAME SHORTNAMES APIGROUP NAMESPACED KIND
horizontalpodautoscalers hpa autoscaling true HorizontalPodAutoscaler
apiVersion: autoscaling/v2beta1
NAME SHORTNAMES APIGROUP NAMESPACED KIND
horizontalpodautoscalers hpa autoscaling true HorizontalPodAutoscaler
apiVersion: autoscaling/v2beta2
NAME SHORTNAMES APIGROUP NAMESPACED KIND
horizontalpodautoscalers hpa autoscaling true HorizontalPodAutoscaler
apiVersion: batch/v1
NAME SHORTNAMES APIGROUP NAMESPACED KIND
cronjobs cj batch true CronJob
jobs batch true Job
apiVersion: batch/v1beta1
NAME SHORTNAMES APIGROUP NAMESPACED KIND
cronjobs cj batch true CronJob
jobs batch true Job
...

Answer 3

web
https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.16/
resources list
$ kubectl api-resources -o wide
NAME SHORTNAMES APIGROUP NAMESPACED KIND VERBS
bindings true Binding [create]
componentstatuses cs false ComponentStatus [get list]
configmaps cm true ConfigMap [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
endpoints ep true Endpoints [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
events ev true Event [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
limitranges limits true LimitRange [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
namespaces ns false Namespace [create delete get list patch update watch]
nodes no false Node [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
persistentvolumeclaims pvc true PersistentVolumeClaim [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
persistentvolumes pv false PersistentVolume [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
pods po true Pod [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
podtemplates true PodTemplate [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
replicationcontrollers rc true ReplicationController [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
resourcequotas quota true ResourceQuota [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
secrets true Secret [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
serviceaccounts sa true ServiceAccount [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
services svc true Service [create delete get list patch update watch]
mutatingwebhookconfigurations admissionregistration.k8s.io false MutatingWebhookConfiguration [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
validatingwebhookconfigurations admissionregistration.k8s.io false ValidatingWebhookConfiguration [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
customresourcedefinitions crd,crds apiextensions.k8s.io false CustomResourceDefinition [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
apiservices apiregistration.k8s.io false APIService [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
controllerrevisions apps true ControllerRevision [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
daemonsets ds apps true DaemonSet [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
deployments deploy apps true Deployment [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
replicasets rs apps true ReplicaSet [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
statefulsets sts apps true StatefulSet [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
tokenreviews authentication.k8s.io false TokenReview [create]
localsubjectaccessreviews authorization.k8s.io true LocalSubjectAccessReview [create]
selfsubjectaccessreviews authorization.k8s.io false SelfSubjectAccessReview [create]
selfsubjectrulesreviews authorization.k8s.io false SelfSubjectRulesReview [create]
subjectaccessreviews authorization.k8s.io false SubjectAccessReview [create]
horizontalpodautoscalers hpa autoscaling true HorizontalPodAutoscaler [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
cronjobs cj batch true CronJob [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
jobs batch true Job [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
certificatesigningrequests csr certificates.k8s.io false CertificateSigningRequest [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
leases coordination.k8s.io true Lease [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
events ev events.k8s.io true Event [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
ingresses ing extensions true Ingress [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
ingresses ing networking.k8s.io true Ingress [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
networkpolicies netpol networking.k8s.io true NetworkPolicy [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
runtimeclasses node.k8s.io false RuntimeClass [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
poddisruptionbudgets pdb policy true PodDisruptionBudget [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
podsecuritypolicies psp policy false PodSecurityPolicy [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
clusterrolebindings rbac.authorization.k8s.io false ClusterRoleBinding [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
clusterroles rbac.authorization.k8s.io false ClusterRole [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
rolebindings rbac.authorization.k8s.io true RoleBinding [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
roles rbac.authorization.k8s.io true Role [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
priorityclasses pc scheduling.k8s.io false PriorityClass [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
csidrivers storage.k8s.io false CSIDriver [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
csinodes storage.k8s.io false CSINode [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
storageclasses sc storage.k8s.io false StorageClass [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
volumeattachments storage.k8s.io false VolumeAttachment [create delete deletecollection get list patch update watch]
details about each object
$ kubectl explain --help
List the fields for supported resources
This command describes the fields associated with each supported API resource. Fields are identified via a simple JSONPath identifier:
<type>.<fieldName>[.<fieldName>]
Add the --recursive flag to display all of the fields at once without descriptions. Information about each field is retrieved from the server in OpenAPI format.
Use "kubectl api-resources" for a complete list of supported resources.
Examples:
# Get the documentation of the resource and its fields
kubectl explain pods
# Get the documentation of a specific field of a resource
kubectl explain pods.spec.containers
Options:
--api-version='': Get different explanations for particular API version
--recursive=false: Print the fields of fields (Currently only 1 level deep)
Usage:
kubectl explain RESOURCE [options]
Use "kubectl options" for a list of global command-line options (applies to all commands).

Answer 4

I've been frustrated by the same issue. While you've got some good answers, I wanted something that 1) Was grouped by api version 2) was just a list of names instead of a book of documentation. I've been sorting out our RBAC, and it's a bit tricky without that. Couldn't find one, so here's the one I made (v1.18.0):
v1
bindings
componentstatuses
configmaps
endpoints
events
limitranges
namespaces
namespaces/finalize
namespaces/status
nodes
nodes/proxy
nodes/status
persistentvolumeclaims
persistentvolumeclaims/status
persistentvolumes
persistentvolumes/status
pods
pods/attach
pods/binding
pods/eviction
pods/exec
pods/log
pods/portforward
pods/proxy
pods/status
podtemplates
replicationcontrollers
replicationcontrollers/scale
replicationcontrollers/status
resourcequotas
resourcequotas/status
secrets
serviceaccounts
serviceaccounts/token
services
services/proxy
services/status
admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1
mutatingwebhookconfigurations
validatingwebhookconfigurations
admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1beta1
mutatingwebhookconfigurations
validatingwebhookconfigurations
apiextensions.k8s.io/v1
customresourcedefinitions
customresourcedefinitions/status
apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
customresourcedefinitions
customresourcedefinitions/status
apiregistration.k8s.io/v1
apiservices
apiservices/status
apiregistration.k8s.io/v1beta1
apiservices
apiservices/status
apps/v1
controllerrevisions
daemonsets
daemonsets/status
deployments
deployments/scale
deployments/status
replicasets
replicasets/scale
replicasets/status
statefulsets
statefulsets/scale
statefulsets/status
authentication.k8s.io/v1
tokenreviews
authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1
tokenreviews
authorization.k8s.io/v1
localsubjectaccessreviews
selfsubjectaccessreviews
selfsubjectrulesreviews
subjectaccessreviews
authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
localsubjectaccessreviews
selfsubjectaccessreviews
selfsubjectrulesreviews
subjectaccessreviews
autoscaling/v1
horizontalpodautoscalers
horizontalpodautoscalers/status
autoscaling/v2beta1
horizontalpodautoscalers
horizontalpodautoscalers/status
autoscaling/v2beta2
horizontalpodautoscalers
horizontalpodautoscalers/status
batch/v1
jobs
jobs/status
batch/v1beta1
cronjobs
cronjobs/status
certificates.k8s.io/v1beta1
certificatesigningrequests
certificatesigningrequests/approval
certificatesigningrequests/status
coordination.k8s.io/v1
leases
coordination.k8s.io/v1beta1
leases
crd.k8s.amazonaws.com/v1alpha1
eniconfigs
events.k8s.io/v1beta1
events
extensions/v1beta1
ingresses
ingresses/status
metrics.k8s.io/v1beta1
nodes
pods
networking.k8s.io/v1
networkpolicies
networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
ingresses
ingresses/status
node.k8s.io/v1beta1
runtimeclasses
policy/v1beta1
poddisruptionbudgets
poddisruptionbudgets/status
podsecuritypolicies
rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
clusterrolebindings
clusterroles
rolebindings
roles
rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
clusterrolebindings
clusterroles
rolebindings
roles
scheduling.k8s.io/v1
priorityclasses
scheduling.k8s.io/v1beta1
priorityclasses
storage.k8s.io/v1
storageclasses
volumeattachments
volumeattachments/status
storage.k8s.io/v1beta1
csidrivers
csinodes
storageclasses
volumeattachments