Incorrect cheat sheet entry: List all warning Events

[ehmad11]

This is a Bug Report

Problem:
In the cheat sheet page, following command is suggested to list all warning events:

kubectl events --types=Warning

I get this error when I run this command

error: unknown command "events" for "kubectl"

Proposed Solution:

I think it should be replaced by following:

kubectl get events --field-selector type=Warning

Page to Update:
https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/cheatsheet/#viewing-and-finding-resources

Kubernetes Version: v1.26.1

[sftim]

/triage accepted
/language en

Thanks for reporting this!
/help

How about we document kubectl get events --field-selector type=Warning --all-namespaces? A reader ought to be able to guess what the single-namespace version of that would look like.

/retitle Incorrect cheat sheet entry: List all warning Events

[dipesh-rawat]

kubectl events --types=Warning

The above commands works for me on v1.27. But agree with suggestion #40683 (comment) to provide an example having the mention of namespace to get some useful output instead of No events found in default namespace. (in most cases).

[ehmad11]

kubectl events --types=Warning

The above commands works for me on v1.27. But agree with suggestion #40683 (comment) to provide an example having the mention of namespace to get some useful output instead of No events found in default namespace. (in most cases).

It would be helpful if compatibility information for specific versions is clearly stated and a separate page for events should be added similar to other API resources. Also, v.1.27 is just released and even the AWS EKS doesn't support it yet.

[sftim]

/remove-triage accepted

Oops. I tested with an old kubectl version.

We don't provide compatibility information for each subcommand of kubectl. If someone would like to maintain that information (and commit to keeping it maintained), the help will be appreciated - but it's a big undertaking.

We could add a comment to that line to mention that older kubectl versions don't provide this subcommand.

[sftim]

/remove-help

[dipesh-rawat]

The problem appears to be identical to #40582 and may be a duplicate. It seems that people are having trouble with the kubectl events command in the cheatsheet. Perhaps it would be beneficial to temporarily include version information with the events command.

Refer: kubectl events enhancement

[ehmad11]

I am closing the ticket as there is already version selection drop down at top right menu bar where you can select a version and it will provide commands specific to that version :)