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kubectl create namespace mynamespace
kubectl run nginx --image=nginx --restart=Never -n mynamespace
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Easily generate YAML with:
kubectl run nginx --image=nginx --restart=Never --dry-run -o yaml > pod.yaml
cat pod.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
creationTimestamp: null
labels:
run: nginx
name: nginx
spec:
containers:
- image: nginx
imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
name: nginx
resources: {}
dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
restartPolicy: Never
status: {}
kubectl create -f pod.yaml -n mynamespace
Alternatively, you can run in one line
kubectl run nginx --image=nginx --restart=Never --dry-run -o yaml | kubectl create -n mynamespace -f -
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kubectl run busybox --image=busybox --command --restart=Never -it -- env # -it will help in seeing the output
# or, just run it without -it
kubectl run busybox --image=busybox --command --restart=Never -- env
# and then, check its logs
kubectl logs busybox
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# create a YAML template with this command
kubectl run busybox --image=busybox --restart=Never --dry-run -o yaml --command -- env > envpod.yaml
# see it
cat envpod.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
creationTimestamp: null
labels:
run: busybox
name: busybox
spec:
containers:
- command:
- env
image: busybox
name: busybox
resources: {}
dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
restartPolicy: Never
status: {}
# apply it and then see the logs
kubectl apply -f envpod.yaml
kubectl logs busybox
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kubectl create namespace myns -o yaml --dry-run
Get the YAML for a new ResourceQuota called 'myrq' with hard limits of 1 CPU, 1G memory and 2 pods without creating it
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kubectl create quota myrq --hard=cpu=1,memory=1G,pods=2 --dry-run -o yaml
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kubectl get po --all-namespaces
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kubectl run nginx --image=nginx --restart=Never --port=80
Change pod's image to nginx:1.7.1. Observe that the pod will be killed and recreated as soon as the image gets pulled
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# kubectl set image POD/POD_NAME CONTAINER_NAME=IMAGE_NAME:TAG
kubectl set image pod/nginx nginx=nginx:1.7.1
kubectl describe po nginx # you will see an event 'Container will be killed and recreated'
kubectl get po nginx -w # watch it
Note: you can check pod's image by running
kubectl get po nginx -o jsonpath='{.spec.containers[].image}{"\n"}'
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kubectl get po -o wide # get the IP, will be something like '10.1.1.131'
# create a temp busybox pod
kubectl run busybox --image=busybox --rm -it --restart=Never -- wget -O- 10.1.1.131:80
Alternatively you can also try a more advanced option:
# Get IP of the nginx pod
NGINX_IP=$(kubectl get pod nginx -o jsonpath='{.status.podIP}')
# create a temp busybox pod
kubectl run busybox --image=busybox --env="NGINX_IP=$NGINX_IP" --rm -it --restart=Never -- sh -c 'wget -O- $NGINX_IP:80'
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kubectl get po nginx -o yaml
# or
kubectl get po nginx -oyaml
# or
kubectl get po nginx --output yaml
# or
kubectl get po nginx --output=yaml
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kubectl describe po nginx
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kubectl logs nginx
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kubectl logs nginx -p
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kubectl exec -it nginx -- /bin/sh
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kubectl run busybox --image=busybox -it --restart=Never -- echo 'hello world'
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kubectl run busybox --image=busybox -it --restart=Never -- /bin/sh -c 'echo hello world'
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kubectl run busybox --image=busybox -it --rm --restart=Never -- /bin/sh -c 'echo hello world'
kubectl get po # nowhere to be found :)
Create an nginx pod and set an env value as 'var1=val1'. Check the env value existence within the pod
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kubectl run nginx --image=nginx --restart=Never --env=var1=val1
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kubectl exec -it nginx -- env
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kubectl exec -it nginx -- sh -c 'echo $var1'
# or
kubectl describe po nginx | grep val1
# or
kubectl run nginx --restart=Never --image=nginx --env=var1=val1 -it --rm -- env