diff --git a/internal/pkg/commands/components.go b/internal/pkg/commands/components.go
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2019-present Ciena Corporation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/ciena/voltctl/pkg/format"
+	"github.com/ciena/voltctl/pkg/model"
+	flags "github.com/jessevdk/go-flags"
+	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
+	"os"
+)
+
+const (
+	DEFAULT_COMPONENT_FORMAT   = "table{{.Namespace}}\t{{.Id}}\t{{.Name}}\t{{.Component}}\t{{.Version}}\t{{.Ready}}\t{{.Restarts}}\t{{.Status}}\t{{.Age}}"
+	COMPONENT_LIST_KUBECTL_CMD = "kubectl get --all-namespaces pod -l app.kubernetes.io/part-of=voltha -L app.kubernetes.io/name,app.kubernetes.io/component,app.kubernetes.io/version"
+)
+
+type ComponentList struct {
+	ListOutputOptions
+	Kubectl bool `long:"kubectl" short:"k" description:"display the kubectl command to execute"`
+}
+
+type ComponentOpts struct {
+	List ComponentList `command:"list"`
+}
+
+var componentOpts = ComponentOpts{}
+
+func RegisterComponentCommands(parser *flags.Parser) {
+	parser.AddCommand("component", "component instance commands", "Commands to query and manipulate VOLTHA component instances", &componentOpts)
+}
+
+func (options *ComponentList) Execute(args []string) error {
+
+	ProcessGlobalOptions()
+
+	// If they requested the source to the kubectl command that
+	// can give the same information, then print it and return
+	if options.Kubectl {
+		fmt.Println(COMPONENT_LIST_KUBECTL_CMD)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// use the current context in kubeconfig
+	config, err := clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags("", GlobalOptions.K8sConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	// create the clientset
+	clientset, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	pods, err := clientset.CoreV1().Pods("").List(metav1.ListOptions{
+		LabelSelector: "app.kubernetes.io/part-of=voltha",
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err.Error())
+	}
+
+	outputFormat := CharReplacer.Replace(options.Format)
+	if outputFormat == "" {
+		outputFormat = DEFAULT_COMPONENT_FORMAT
+	}
+	if options.Quiet {
+		outputFormat = "{{.Metadata.Name}}"
+	}
+	data := make([]model.ComponentInstance, len(pods.Items))
+	for i, item := range pods.Items {
+		data[i].PopulateFrom(item)
+	}
+
+	result := CommandResult{
+		Format:    format.Format(outputFormat),
+		Filter:    options.Filter,
+		OrderBy:   options.OrderBy,
+		OutputAs:  toOutputType(options.OutputAs),
+		NameLimit: options.NameLimit,
+		Data:      data,
+	}
+
+	GenerateOutput(&result)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func homeDir() string {
+	if h := os.Getenv("HOME"); h != "" {
+		return h
+	}
+	return os.Getenv("USERPROFILE") // windows
+}