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kubectl patch
Synopsis
Update fields of a resource using strategic merge patch, a JSON merge patch, or a JSON patch.
JSON and YAML formats are accepted.
Note: Strategic merge patch is not supported for custom resources.
kubectl patch (-f FILENAME | TYPE NAME) [-p PATCH|--patch-file FILE]
Examples
# Partially update a node using a strategic merge patch, specifying the patch as JSON
kubectl patch node k8s-node-1 -p '{"spec":{"unschedulable":true}}'
# Partially update a node using a strategic merge patch, specifying the patch as YAML
kubectl patch node k8s-node-1 -p $'spec:\n unschedulable: true'
# Partially update a node identified by the type and name specified in "node.json" using strategic merge patch
kubectl patch -f node.json -p '{"spec":{"unschedulable":true}}'
# Update a container's image; spec.containers[*].name is required because it's a merge key
kubectl patch pod valid-pod -p '{"spec":{"containers":[{"name":"kubernetes-serve-hostname","image":"new image"}]}}'
# Update a container's image using a JSON patch with positional arrays
kubectl patch pod valid-pod --type='json' -p='[{"op": "replace", "path": "/spec/containers/0/image", "value":"new image"}]'
# Update a deployment's replicas through the 'scale' subresource using a merge patch
kubectl patch deployment nginx-deployment --subresource='scale' --type='merge' -p '{"spec":{"replicas":2}}'
Options
| --allow-missing-template-keys Default: 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. |
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| --dry-run string[="unchanged"] Default: "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. |
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| --field-manager string Default: "kubectl-patch" | |
Name of the manager used to track field ownership. |
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| -f, --filename strings | |
Filename, directory, or URL to files identifying the resource to update |
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| -h, --help | |
help for patch |
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| -k, --kustomize string | |
Process the kustomization directory. This flag can't be used together with -f or -R. |
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| --local | |
If true, patch will operate on the content of the file, not the server-side resource. |
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| -o, --output string | |
Output format. One of: (json, yaml, name, go-template, go-template-file, template, templatefile, jsonpath, jsonpath-as-json, jsonpath-file). |
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| -p, --patch string | |
The patch to be applied to the resource JSON file. |
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| --patch-file string | |
A file containing a patch to be applied to the resource. |
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| -R, --recursive | |
Process the directory used in -f, --filename recursively. Useful when you want to manage related manifests organized within the same directory. |
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| --show-managed-fields | |
If true, keep the managedFields when printing objects in JSON or YAML format. |
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| --subresource string | |
If specified, patch will operate on the subresource of the requested object. Must be one of [status scale]. This flag is beta and may change in the future. |
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| --template string | |
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]. |
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| --type string Default: "strategic" | |
The type of patch being provided; one of [json merge strategic] |
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| --as string | |
Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace. |
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| --as-group strings | |
Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups. |
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| --as-uid string | |
UID to impersonate for the operation. |
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| --cache-dir string Default: "$HOME/.kube/cache" | |
Default cache directory |
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| --certificate-authority string | |
Path to a cert file for the certificate authority |
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| --client-certificate string | |
Path to a client certificate file for TLS |
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| --client-key string | |
Path to a client key file for TLS |
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| --cloud-provider-gce-l7lb-src-cidrs cidrs Default: 130.211.0.0/22,35.191.0.0/16 | |
CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L7 LB traffic proxy & health checks |
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| --cloud-provider-gce-lb-src-cidrs cidrs Default: 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 |
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| --cluster string | |
The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use |
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| --context string | |
The name of the kubeconfig context to use |
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| --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds int Default: 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. |
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| --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds int Default: 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. |
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| --disable-compression | |
If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server |
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| --insecure-skip-tls-verify | |
If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure |
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| --kubeconfig string | |
Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests. |
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| --match-server-version | |
Require server version to match client version |
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| -n, --namespace string | |
If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request |
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| --password string | |
Password for basic authentication to the API server |
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| --profile string Default: "none" | |
Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex) |
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| --profile-output string Default: "profile.pprof" | |
Name of the file to write the profile to |
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| --request-timeout string Default: "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. |
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| -s, --server string | |
The address and port of the Kubernetes API server |
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| --storage-driver-buffer-duration duration Default: 1m0s | |
Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration, and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction |
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| --storage-driver-db string Default: "cadvisor" | |
database name |
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| --storage-driver-host string Default: "localhost:8086" | |
database host:port |
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| --storage-driver-password string Default: "root" | |
database password |
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| --storage-driver-secure | |
use secure connection with database |
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| --storage-driver-table string Default: "stats" | |
table name |
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| --storage-driver-user string Default: "root" | |
database username |
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| --tls-server-name string | |
Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used |
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| --token string | |
Bearer token for authentication to the API server |
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| --user string | |
The name of the kubeconfig user to use |
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| --username string | |
Username for basic authentication to the API server |
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| --version version[=true] | |
--version, --version=raw prints version information and quits; --version=vX.Y.Z... sets the reported version |
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| --warnings-as-errors | |
Treat warnings received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code |
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See Also
- kubectl - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager
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