How to stop kubectl proxy

Question

I executed below command:

kubectl proxy --port=8081 & kubectl proxy --port=8082 & 

and of course I have 2 accessible endpoints:

curl http://localhost:8081/api/ curl http://localhost:8082/api/ 

But in the same time two running processes serving the same content. How to stop one of these processes in "kubectl" manner? Of course, I can kill the process but it seems to be a less elegant way...

Answer 1

I believe the "kubectl way" is to not background the proxy at all as it is intended to be a short running process to access the API on your local machine without further authentication.

There is no way to stop it other than kill or ^C (if not in background).

You can use standard shell tricks though, so executing fg then ^C will work or kill %1

Answer 2

Run this command to figure out the process id (pid):

netstat -tulp | grep kubectl  

Then run sudo kill -9 <pid> to kill the process.