If you are using a released version of Kubernetes, you should refer to the docs that go with that version.
The latest release of this document can be found [here](http://releases.k8s.io/release-1.2/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_patch.md).Documentation for other releases can be found at releases.k8s.io.
Update field(s) of a resource using strategic merge patch.
Update field(s) of a resource using strategic merge patch
JSON and YAML formats are accepted.
Please refer to the models in https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/HEAD/docs/api-reference/v1/definitions.html to find if a field is mutable.
kubectl patch (-f FILENAME | TYPE NAME) -p PATCH
# Partially update a node using strategic merge patch
kubectl patch node k8s-node-1 -p '{"spec":{"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"}]'
-f, --filename=[]: Filename, directory, or URL to a file identifying the resource to update
--include-extended-apis[=true]: If true, include definitions of new APIs via calls to the API server. [default true]
-o, --output="": Output mode. Use "-o name" for shorter output (resource/name).
-p, --patch="": The patch to be applied to the resource JSON file.
--record[=false]: Record current kubectl command in the resource annotation.
-R, --recursive[=false]: If true, process directory recursively.
--type="strategic": The type of patch being provided; one of [json merge strategic]
--alsologtostderr[=false]: log to standard error as well as files
--as="": Username to impersonate for the operation.
--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.
--cluster="": The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
--context="": The name of the kubeconfig context to use
--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-dir="": If non-empty, write log files in this directory
--log-flush-frequency=5s: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
--logtostderr[=true]: log to standard error instead of files
--match-server-version[=false]: Require server version to match client version
--namespace="": If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.
--password="": Password for basic authentication to the API server.
-s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
--token="": Bearer token for authentication to the API server.
--user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use
--username="": Username for basic authentication to the API server.
--v=0: log level for V logs
--vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
- kubectl - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager