Inspect control plane and addon health quickly.

Section: Control Plane and System Pods

List kube-system pods

bash
bash
kubectl get pods -n kube-system -o wide

Learn the surrounding workflow

Compare similar commands or jump into common fixes when this command is part of a bigger troubleshooting path.

Related commands

Same sheet · prioritizing Control Plane and System Pods
Find node problem detector pods
If used, inspect node problem detector coverage.
OpenIn sheetbashsame section
Describe kube-proxy pod
Inspect node networking agent events and status.
OpenIn sheetbashsame section
Read kube-proxy logs
Check proxy sync failures and iptables/ipvs issues.
OpenIn sheetbashsame section
List nodes
Start by verifying Ready status across the cluster.
Open a debug shell on a node
Create a privileged debug pod on the node for investigation.
Cordon a node
Prevent new pods from being scheduled onto a node.