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KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes) KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes)
Eric Paris Jan 2015

NAME

kubectl apply - Apply a configuration to a resource by filename or stdin

SYNOPSIS

kubectl apply [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Apply a configuration to a resource by filename or stdin. The resource name must be specified. This resource will be created if it doesn't exist yet. To use 'apply', always create the resource initially with either 'apply' or 'create --save-config'.

JSON and YAML formats are accepted.

Alpha Disclaimer: the --prune functionality is not yet complete. Do not use unless you are aware of what the current state is. See https://issues.k8s.io/34274.

OPTIONS

--all=false Select all resources in the namespace of the specified resource types.

--allow-missing-template-keys=true If true, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is missing in the template. Only applies to golang and jsonpath output formats.

--cascade="background" Must be "background", "orphan", or "foreground". Selects the deletion cascading strategy for the dependents (e.g. Pods created by a ReplicationController). Defaults to background.

--dry-run="none" Must be "none", "server", or "client". If client strategy, only print the object that would be sent, without sending it. If server strategy, submit server-side request without persisting the resource.

--field-manager="kubectl-client-side-apply" Name of the manager used to track field ownership.

-f, --filename=[] that contains the configuration to apply

--force=false If true, immediately remove resources from API and bypass graceful deletion. Note that immediate deletion of some resources may result in inconsistency or data loss and requires confirmation.

--force-conflicts=false If true, server-side apply will force the changes against conflicts.

--grace-period=-1 Period of time in seconds given to the resource to terminate gracefully. Ignored if negative. Set to 1 for immediate shutdown. Can only be set to 0 when --force is true (force deletion).

-k, --kustomize="" Process a kustomization directory. This flag can't be used together with -f or -R.

--openapi-patch=true If true, use openapi to calculate diff when the openapi presents and the resource can be found in the openapi spec. Otherwise, fall back to use baked-in types.

-o, --output="" Output format. One of: json|yaml|name|go-template|go-template-file|template|templatefile|jsonpath|jsonpath-as-json|jsonpath-file.

--overwrite=true Automatically resolve conflicts between the modified and live configuration by using values from the modified configuration

--prune=false Automatically delete resource objects, including the uninitialized ones, that do not appear in the configs and are created by either apply or create --save-config. Should be used with either -l or --all.

--prune-whitelist=[] Overwrite the default whitelist with for --prune

--record=false Record current kubectl command in the resource annotation. If set to false, do not record the command. If set to true, record the command. If not set, default to updating the existing annotation value only if one already exists.

-R, --recursive=false Process the directory used in -f, --filename recursively. Useful when you want to manage related manifests organized within the same directory.

-l, --selector="" Selector (label query) to filter on, supports '=', '==', and '!='.(e.g. -l key1=value1,key2=value2)

--server-side=false If true, apply runs in the server instead of the client.

--template="" Template string or path to template file to use when -o=go-template, -o=go-template-file. The template format is golang templates [http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview].

--timeout=0s The length of time to wait before giving up on a delete, zero means determine a timeout from the size of the object

--validate=true If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it

--wait=false If true, wait for resources to be gone before returning. This waits for finalizers.

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

--add-dir-header=false If true, adds the file directory to the header of the log messages

--alsologtostderr=false log to standard error as well as files

--application-metrics-count-limit=100 Max number of application metrics to store (per container)

--as="" Username to impersonate for the operation

--as-group=[] Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.

--azure-container-registry-config="" Path to the file containing Azure container registry configuration information.

--boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id" Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first one that exists.

--cache-dir="/home/user/.kube/cache" Default cache directory

--certificate-authority="" Path to a cert file for the certificate authority

--client-certificate="" Path to a client certificate file for TLS

--client-key="" Path to a client key file for TLS

--cloud-provider-gce-l7lb-src-cidrs=130.211.0.0/22,35.191.0.0/16 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L7 LB traffic proxy health checks

--cloud-provider-gce-lb-src-cidrs=130.211.0.0/22,209.85.152.0/22,209.85.204.0/22,35.191.0.0/16 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L4 LB traffic proxy health checks

--cluster="" The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use

--container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json" location of the container hints file

--containerd="/run/containerd/containerd.sock" containerd endpoint

--containerd-namespace="k8s.io" containerd namespace

--context="" The name of the kubeconfig context to use

--default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.

--default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for unreachable:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.

--disable-root-cgroup-stats=false Disable collecting root Cgroup stats

--docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock" docker endpoint

--docker-env-metadata-whitelist="" a comma-separated list of environment variable keys matched with specified prefix that needs to be collected for docker containers

--docker-only=false Only report docker containers in addition to root stats

--docker-root="/var/lib/docker" DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is a fallback, default: /var/lib/docker)

--docker-tls=false use TLS to connect to docker

--docker-tls-ca="ca.pem" path to trusted CA

--docker-tls-cert="cert.pem" path to client certificate

--docker-tls-key="key.pem" path to private key

--enable-load-reader=false Whether to enable cpu load reader

--event-storage-age-limit="default=0" Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default is applied to all non-specified event types

--event-storage-event-limit="default=0" Max number of events to store (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is an integer. Default is applied to all non-specified event types

--global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s Interval between global housekeepings

--housekeeping-interval=10s Interval between container housekeepings

--insecure-skip-tls-verify=false If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure

--kubeconfig="" Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.

--log-backtrace-at=:0 when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace

--log-cadvisor-usage=false Whether to log the usage of the cAdvisor container

--log-dir="" If non-empty, write log files in this directory

--log-file="" If non-empty, use this log file

--log-file-max-size=1800 Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes. If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited.

--log-flush-frequency=5s Maximum number of seconds between log flushes

--logtostderr=true log to standard error instead of files

--machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id" Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the first one that exists.

--match-server-version=false Require server version to match client version

-n, --namespace="" If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request

--one-output=false If true, only write logs to their native severity level (vs also writing to each lower severity level

--password="" Password for basic authentication to the API server

--profile="none" Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex)

--profile-output="profile.pprof" Name of the file to write the profile to

--referenced-reset-interval=0 Reset interval for referenced bytes (container_referenced_bytes metric), number of measurement cycles after which referenced bytes are cleared, if set to 0 referenced bytes are never cleared (default: 0)

--request-timeout="0" The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.

-s, --server="" The address and port of the Kubernetes API server

--skip-headers=false If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages

--skip-log-headers=false If true, avoid headers when opening log files

--stderrthreshold=2 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr

--storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration, and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction

--storage-driver-db="cadvisor" database name

--storage-driver-host="localhost:8086" database host:port

--storage-driver-password="root" database password

--storage-driver-secure=false use secure connection with database

--storage-driver-table="stats" table name

--storage-driver-user="root" database username

--tls-server-name="" Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used

--token="" Bearer token for authentication to the API server

--update-machine-info-interval=5m0s Interval between machine info updates.

--user="" The name of the kubeconfig user to use

--username="" Username for basic authentication to the API server

-v, --v=0 number for the log level verbosity

--version=false Print version information and quit

--vmodule= comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging

--warnings-as-errors=false Treat warnings received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code

EXAMPLE


# Apply the configuration in pod.json to a pod.
kubectl apply -f ./pod.json

# Apply resources from a directory containing kustomization.yaml - e.g. dir/kustomization.yaml.
kubectl apply -k dir/

# Apply the JSON passed into stdin to a pod.
cat pod.json | kubectl apply -f -

# Note: --prune is still in Alpha
# Apply the configuration in manifest.yaml that matches label app=nginx and delete all the other resources that are not in the file and match label app=nginx.
kubectl apply --prune -f manifest.yaml -l app=nginx

# Apply the configuration in manifest.yaml and delete all the other configmaps that are not in the file.
kubectl apply --prune -f manifest.yaml --all --prune-whitelist=core/v1/ConfigMap

SEE ALSO

kubectl(1), kubectl-apply-edit-last-applied(1), kubectl-apply-set-last-applied(1), kubectl-apply-view-last-applied(1),

HISTORY

January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have been automatically generated since!

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