If you are not familiar with the oc command, refer to OpenShift - Getting Started with the oc command.

A node contains one or more pods, and each pod contains one or more containers.

The oc get pods command can be used to list the pods in the currently selected project / namespace.

TIP

The -A or --all-namespaces flag can be used to list the limits in every project / namespace.

The -n or --namespace flag can be used to list the limits in a certain project / namespace.

In this example, the currently selected project does not contain any pods.

~]# oc get pods
No resources found.

On the other hand, if your selected project contains one or more pods, something like this should be returned.

~]# oc get pods
NAME         READY   STATUS     RESTARTS  AGE
foo-9mzm2    1/1     Running    0         8d
foo-vmzmz    1/1     Running    0         8d
bar-pflxc    1/1     Running    0         8d

If you do not want to use the -n or --namespace command line option, you can select a project and then issue the oc get pods command without the -n option.

~]# oc get pods
NAME         READY   STATUS     RESTARTS  AGE
foo-9mzm2    1/1     Running    0         8d
foo-vmzmz    1/1     Running    0         8d
bar-pflxc    1/1     Running    0         8d

The --output wide option can be used to include addtional fields.

~]# oc get pods --output wide --namespace my-project
NAME         READY   STATUS     RESTARTS  AGE  IP              NODE          NOMINATED MODE
foo-9mzm2    1/1     Running    0         8d   10.142.118.51   worker-hsjrp  <none>
foo-vmzmz    1/1     Running    0         8d   10.142.118.52   worker-v8r9r  <none>
bar-pflxc    1/1     Running    0         8d   10.142.118.53   worker-ab9df  <none>

And here is how to view the pods in a specific node.

~]# oc get pods --all-namespaces --field-selector spec.nodeName=dev001-worker-5n4fj
NAMESPACE                          NAME                                     READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
project001                         foo-9mzm2                        1/1     Running   0          84d
project001                         foo-vmzmz                        1/1     Running   0          84d
project002                         bar-pflxc                        1/1     Running   0          84d

The -o or --output option and custom-columns can be used to customize the columns that are returned. In this example, only the pod and node names will be returned.

~]$ oc get pods --output custom-columns=POD:.metadata.name,NODE:.spec.nodeName,STATE:.status.phase
POD          NODE            STATE
foo-9mzm2    worker-84928    Running
foo-vmzmz    worker-pcl22    Running
bar-pflxc    worker-8wjg7    Completed

--no-headers can be used if you don't want the headers.

~]$ oc get pods --output custom-columns=POD:.metadata.name,NODE:.spec.nodeName,STATE:.status.phase --no-headers
foo-9mzm2    worker-84928    Running
foo-vmzmz    worker-pcl22    Running
bar-pflxc    worker-8wjg7    Completed

The -o json or -o yaml option can be used to show the pods JSON or YAML file.

oc get pod foo-vmzmz -o yaml

Let's say the pod label has the following selector.

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
  labels:
    app.kubernetes.io/name: my-pod

Here is an example of how you can use selector to return the pods matching a label.

~]$ oc get pods --namespace my-project --selector=app.kubernetes.io/name=my-pod
NAME                      READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
my-pod-7744cbb479-7w8xd   1/1     Running   0          3d6h

If you create a pod and deploy an app using the oc new-app command, something like this should be displayed.

NAME               READY     STATUS     RESTARTS   AGE
foo-vmzmz          0/1       Init:0/2   0          15s

The oc describe pod command can be used to show more details for a pod. Or, the oc get pods command with the --output json​ or --output yaml option can be used.

~]$ oc describe pod hello-openshift
Name:         hello-openshift
Namespace:    foo
Priority:     0
Node:         worker-hsjrp/10.84.188.68
Start Time:   Tue, 26 Jul 2022 07:22:41 -0500
Labels:       name=hello-openshift
              openshift.io/scc: anyuid
Status:       Pending
IP:           10.131.5.175
IPs:
  IP:  10.131.5.175
Containers:
  hello-openshift:
    Container ID:   
    Image:          openshift/hello-openshift
    Image ID:       
    Port:           8080/TCP
    Host Port:      0/TCP
    State:          Waiting
      Reason:       ImagePullBackOff
    Ready:          False
    Restart Count:  0
    Environment:    <none>
    Mounts:
      /tmp from tmp (rw)
      /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount from kube-api-access-8vzd8 (ro)
Conditions:
  Type              Status
  Initialized       True 
  Ready             False 
  ContainersReady   False 
  PodScheduled      True 
Volumes:
  tmp:
    Type:       EmptyDir (a temporary directory that shares a pod's lifetime)
    Medium:     
    SizeLimit:  <unset>
  kube-api-access-8vzd8:
    Type:                    Projected (a volume that contains injected data from multiple sources)
    TokenExpirationSeconds:  3607
    ConfigMapName:           kube-root-ca.crt
    ConfigMapOptional:       <nil>
    DownwardAPI:             true
    ConfigMapName:           openshift-service-ca.crt
    ConfigMapOptional:       <nil>
QoS Class:                   BestEffort
Node-Selectors:              node-type=general
Tolerations:                 node.kubernetes.io/not-ready:NoExecute op=Exists for 300s
                             node.kubernetes.io/unreachable:NoExecute op=Exists for 300s
Events:
  <none>

The --output jsonpath option can be used to print the value of a specific JSON key.

~]$ oc get pod hello-openshift --output jsonpath={.status.hostIP}
10.84.188.68