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stern v1.33.1 - Listen to the Docs with AudioDocs


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🎧 AUDIODOCS: Official documentation of popular open-source projects, adapted and narrated for audio. Learn while commuting, exercising, or doing chores.

Stop juggling terminal windows to tail Kubernetes logs. stern lets you tail multiple pods and containers simultaneously with regex queries, auto-detection of new pods, and color-coded output. This episode covers everything from basic usage to advanced templates and filtering.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

00:00 - Introduction & The Problem stern Solves
01:30 - Basic Usage: Regex and Resource Queries
03:00 - Multi-Container Tailing & Filtering
04:30 - Namespace, Label, and Node Filtering
06:00 - Output Formatting & Custom Templates
07:30 - Time-Based Filtering & Batch Mode
08:45 - Configuration & Color Customization
09:45 - Installation & Practical Tips
10:30 - Summary & Key Takeaways

LINKS:

Full Transcript & Episode Page:
https://platformengineeringplaybook.com/audiodocs/stern/v1.33.1

stern Official GitHub:

https://github.com/stern/stern

stern Releases:

https://github.com/stern/stern/releases

Platform Engineering Playbook:

https://platformengineeringplaybook.com

KEY TOPICS:

- Multi-pod log tailing with regex queries
- Resource queries (deployment/nginx, statefulset/db)
- Container filtering (-c, -E flags)
- Namespace and label selectors
- Output templates (default, raw, json, custom Go)
- Time filtering (--since, --timestamps)
- Batch mode with --no-follow
- Configuration file and color customization
- fzf integration and shell completion

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📜 LICENSE & ATTRIBUTION
This AudioDocs episode is a derivative work based on the official stern documentation.
Original documentation: https://github.com/stern/stern
License: Apache License 2.0 (https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
© stern contributors
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stern, kubernetes logs, kubectl logs, multi-pod tailing, container logs, kubernetes debugging, log aggregation, devops tools, sre tools, platform engineering, cloud native, kubernetes observability, log streaming, audiodocs, listen to docs

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