# How to get a shell in a Kubernetes Pod

DevFeed: [How to get a shell in a Kubernetes Pod](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-to-get-a-shell-in-a-kubernetes-pod-29657.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/get-a-shell-into-kubernetes-pod/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Idowu Oselumhe Ilekura)

Published: 2022-05-10T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/docker.md>), [Shell](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shell.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/debugging.md>)

Tags: [debug](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debug.md>), [debugging](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/debugging.md>), [docker](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker.md>), [docker-container](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker-container.md>), [guide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/guide.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>), [shell](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shell.md>), [tutorials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tutorials.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial explaining how to access the shell of a running Docker container or Kubernetes pod. It covers debugging, running commands, investigating container state, and using command-line flags.

## Source excerpt

How to get a shell into a Docker container and Kubernetes pod.