Relevant Documentation

• kubectl

Object Management

• kubectl Cheat Sheet

Lesson Reference

• Run kubectl create to see a list of objects that can be created with imperative commands.

  kubectl create
  

• Create a deployment imperatively.

  kubectl create deployment my-deployment --image=nginx
  

• Do a dry run to get some sample YAML without creating the object.

  kubectl create deployment my-deployment --image=nginx --dry-run -o yaml
  

• Save the YAML to a file.

  kubectl create deployment my-deployment --image=nginx --dry-run -o yaml > deploymet.yml
  

• Create the object using the file.

  kubectl create -f deployment.yml
  

• Scale a deployment and record the command.

  kubectl scale deployment my-deployment replicas=5 --record
  

• Get deployment details.

  kubectl describe deployment my-deployment