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OpenShift CLI Cheat Sheet

Once you are logged in as a cluster-admin, you can use the OpenShift CLI (oc) to inspect the different layers of your cluster. OpenShift is organized into Nodes (infrastructure), Cluster Operators (the brains), and Pods/Projects (the workloads).

List OpenShift Nodes​

oc get nodes

List Cluster Operators​

oc get clusteroperators

List OpenShift Projects​

oc projects

Show Logged In User​

oc whoami

Miscellaneous​

oc adm top nodes	# Shows CPU and Memory usage for each AWS instance.
oc get events -A # Shows a stream of recent system logs/errors across the cluster.
oc get routes -A # Lists all URL endpoints (like the Web Console or your apps).