title: Kubernetes Logs - How to get logs for kube-system pods
body: <p>How do you get logs from kube-system pods? Running <code>kubectl logs pod_name_of_system_pod</code> does not work:</p>
  
  <pre><code>λ kubectl logs kube-dns-1301475494-91vzs
  Error from server (NotFound): pods "kube-dns-1301475494-91vzs" not found
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Here is the output from <code>get pods</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>λ kubectl get pods --all-namespaces
  
  NAMESPACE     NAME                                             READY     STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
  default       alternating-platypus-rabbitmq-3309937619-ddl6b   1/1       Running   1          1d
  kube-system   kube-addon-manager-minikube                      1/1       Running   1          1d
  kube-system   kube-dns-1301475494-91vzs                        3/3       Running   3          1d
  kube-system   kubernetes-dashboard-rvm78                       1/1       Running   1          1d
  kube-system   tiller-deploy-3703072393-x7xgb                   1/1       Running   1          1d
  </code></pre>