Chapter 6. OpenShift CLI command reference

Example usage

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

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

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

  # Apply the configuration from all files that end with '.json' - i.e. expand wildcard characters in file names
  oc apply -f '*.json'

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

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

Example usage

  # Delete a pod using the type and name specified in pod.json
  oc delete -f ./pod.json

  # Delete resources from a directory containing kustomization.yaml - e.g. dir/kustomization.yaml
  oc delete -k dir

  # Delete resources from all files that end with '.json' - i.e. expand wildcard characters in file names
  oc delete -f '*.json'

  # Delete a pod based on the type and name in the JSON passed into stdin
  cat pod.json | oc delete -f -

  # Delete pods and services with same names "baz" and "foo"
  oc delete pod,service baz foo

  # Delete pods and services with label name=myLabel
  oc delete pods,services -l name=myLabel

  # Delete a pod with minimal delay
  oc delete pod foo --now

  # Force delete a pod on a dead node
  oc delete pod foo --force

  # Delete all pods
  oc delete pods --all

Example usage

  # List all pods in ps output format
  oc get pods

  # List all pods in ps output format with more information (such as node name)
  oc get pods -o wide

  # List a single replication controller with specified NAME in ps output format
  oc get replicationcontroller web

  # List deployments in JSON output format, in the "v1" version of the "apps" API group
  oc get deployments.v1.apps -o json

  # List a single pod in JSON output format
  oc get -o json pod web-pod-13je7

  # List a pod identified by type and name specified in "pod.yaml" in JSON output format
  oc get -f pod.yaml -o json

  # List resources from a directory with kustomization.yaml - e.g. dir/kustomization.
  oc get -k dir/

  # Return only the phase value of the specified pod
  oc get -o template pod/web-pod-13je7 --template={{.status.phase}}

  # List resource information in custom columns
  oc get pod test-pod -o custom-columns=CONTAINER:.spec.containers[0].name,IMAGE:.spec.containers[0].image

  # List all replication controllers and services together in ps output format
  oc get rc,services

  # List one or more resources by their type and names
  oc get rc/web service/frontend pods/web-pod-13je7

  # List status subresource for a single pod.
  oc get pod web-pod-13je7 --subresource status