I have several files named out1, out2, ... in my Kubernetes container. I want to copy them to my local computer. I am using:
$ kubectl cp pod:/path/out* . But I am getting an error:
tar: Removing leading `/' from member names
tar: /path/out*: Cannot stat: No such file or directory tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
error: path/out* no such file or directory
How can I use kubectl cp with wildcards?
Wildcard support was added to kubectl cp in the #72641 pull request.
It is merged but only available in Kubernetes v1.14.0. Take a look at the ChangeLog:
Notable Features:
[...]
• kubectl supports copying files with wild card (#72641, @dixudx)
However, as stated on the issue #78854 the PR was made without proper tests and the feature is actually broken. The PR to fix the problem (#78928) is open since June, and it's not merged yet.
Although the PR to fix the feature exists, they are also considering removing the support to wildcard copy.
You can do that using this command:
kubectl cp -n [NAMESPACE] [POD_NAME]:/[POD_DIRECTORY]/. . 
kubectl cp with wildcards was introduced on Kubernetes v1.14. I had a similar requirement and finally settled on:
mkdir /my/dest/dir kubectl exec $TARGET_POD -n MYNAMESPACE -- tar -zcvf - -C /my/src/directory . | tar -zxvf - -C /my/dest/dir This depends on 'tar' being available inside the container. Similar can be done with any archive command (zip/unzip or cpio) that can deal with stdin/stdout as long as the command is in both the container and the host.
Also note that '*' is not native to tar, but depends on shell expansion (in my experience...), so if you want to match only certain files in a directory on the container I include 'bash' in the call and cd to the directory first:
kubectl exec $TARGET_POD -n MYNAMESPACE -- bash -c "cd /my/src/directory;tar -zcvf - *.log" | tar -zxvf - -C /my/dest/dir Again, bash or some other shell supporting * expansion must be present in the container.
Finally, this works in the other direction as well sending multiple files to a container:
cd /my/src/dir tar -zcvf - *.log | kubectl exec $TARGET_POD -n MYNAMESPACE --stdin -- tar -zxvf - -C /my/dest/dir And "bash" is your friend if the target directory does not exist:
tar -zcvf - *.log | kubectl exec $TARGET_POD -n MYNAMESPACE --stdin -- bash -c "mkdir -p /my/dest/dir;tar -zxvf - -C /my/dest/dir" As there is no wildcard support, a workaround is to do a 2-step process to achieve the same:
kubectl exec ... to do make a new tmp directory and wildcard copy/move your desired transfer files into that dir on the containerExample:
export TARGET_POD="myapp-mypod1234" && \ kubectl exec "$TARGET_POD" -n MYNAMESPACE "$TARGET_POD" \ -- sh -c "mkdir -p /tmp/outfiles && cp /path/out* /tmp/outfiles/" && \ kubectl cp "sites/$TARGET_POD:/tmp/outfiles/." . For everyone's benefit, I am pasting working code as suggested by heyjared user on https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/78854
Use find with xargs as a workaround: find . | xargs -i{} kubectl cp {} namespace/pod:path It worked for me. I replaced "." with my needed source path.
Example:
find <source_path> | xargs -i{} kubectl cp {} namespace/pod:<path_inside_pod> Like:
find /var/tmp/data/ | xargs -i{} kubectl cp {} namespace/pod:/tmp/ This will copy all contents inside local /var/tmp/data/ directory and store it under /tmp/ inside pod.
