What is POD and SERVICE in kubectl commands? - kubernetes

Question

I am probably missing some of the basic. kubectl logs command usage is the following:
"kubectl logs [-f] [-p] POD [-c CONTAINER] [options]"
list of my pods is the following:
ubuntu#master:~$ kubectl get pods --all-namespaces
NAMESPACE NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
kube-system etcd-master 1/1 Running 0 24m
kube-system kube-apiserver-master 1/1 Running 0 24m
kube-system kube-controller-manager-master 1/1 Running 0 24m
kube-system kube-discovery-982812725-3kt85 1/1 Running 0 24m
kube-system kube-dns-2247936740-kimly 3/3 Running 0 24m
kube-system kube-proxy-amd64-gwv99 1/1 Running 0 20m
kube-system kube-proxy-amd64-r08h9 1/1 Running 0 24m
kube-system kube-proxy-amd64-szl6w 1/1 Running 0 14m
kube-system kube-scheduler-master 1/1 Running 0 24m
kube-system kubernetes-dashboard-1655269645-x3uyt 1/1 Running 0 24m
kube-system weave-net-4g1g8 1/2 CrashLoopBackOff 7 14m
kube-system weave-net-8zdm3 1/2 CrashLoopBackOff 8 20m
kube-system weave-net-qm3q5 2/2 Running 0 24m
I assume POD for logs command is anything from the second "name" column above. So, I try the following commands.
ubuntu#master:~$ kubectl logs etcd-master
Error from server: pods "etcd-master" not found
ubuntu#master:~$ kubectl logs weave-net-4g1g8
Error from server: pods "weave-net-4g1g8" not found
ubuntu#master:~$ kubectl logs weave-net
Error from server: pods "weave-net" not found
ubuntu#master:~$ kubectl logs weave
Error from server: pods "weave" not found
So, what is the POD in the logs command?
I have got the same question about services as well. How to identify a SERVICE to supply into a command, for example for 'describe' command?
ubuntu#master:~$ kubectl get services --all-namespaces
NAMESPACE NAME CLUSTER-IP EXTERNAL-IP PORT(S) AGE
default kubernetes 100.64.0.1 <none> 443/TCP 40m
kube-system kube-dns 100.64.0.10 <none> 53/UDP,53/TCP 39m
kube-system kubernetes-dashboard 100.70.83.136 <nodes> 80/TCP 39m
ubuntu#master:~$ kubectl describe service kubernetes-dashboard
Error from server: services "kubernetes-dashboard" not found
ubuntu#master:~$ kubectl describe services kubernetes-dashboard
Error from server: services "kubernetes-dashboard" not found
Also, is it normal that weave-net-8zdm3 is in CrashLoopBackOff state? It seems I have got one for each connected worker. If it is not normal, how can I fix it? I have found similar question here: kube-dns and weave-net not starting but it does not give any practical answer.
Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

It seems you are running your pods in a different namespace than default.
ubuntu#master:~$ kubectl get pods --all-namespaces returns your pods but ubuntu#master:~$ kubectl logs etcd-masterreturns not found. Try running kubectl logs etcd-master --all-namespaces or if you know your namespace kubectl logs etcd-mastern --namespace=mynamespace.
The same thing goes for your services.