kubectl get events only for a pod

Question

When I run kubectl -n abc-namespace describe pod my-pod-zl6m6, I get a lot of information about the pod along with the Events in the end.

Is there a way to output just the Events of the pod either using kubectl describe or kubectl get commands?

Answer 1

You can use the event command of kubectl.

To filter for a specific pod you can use a field-selector:

kubectl get event --namespace abc-namespace --field-selector involvedObject.name=my-pod-zl6m6 

To see what fields are possible you can use kubectl describe on any event.

Answer 2

This answer gives context to @mszalbach's's answer.

1. You should first understand the data structure of the events object. You can use kubectl get events --output json to check the data structure.

   $ kubectl get events --output json {     "apiVersion": "v1",     "items": [         {             "apiVersion": "v1",             "count": 259,             "eventTime": null,             "firstTimestamp": "2020-04-15T12:00:46Z",             "involvedObject": {                 <------ **this**                 "apiVersion": "v1",                 "fieldPath": "spec.containers{liveness}",                 "kind": "Pod",                                "name": "liveness-exec",        <------ **this**                 "namespace": "default",                 "resourceVersion": "725991",                 "uid": "3f497636-e601-48bc-aec8-72b3edec3d95"             },             ... 

2. Then, you can do something like this

   kubectl get events --field-selector involvedObject.name=[...]`.