5.3. Image pull policy

To control when OpenShift Container Platform pulls container images from registries or uses locally cached copies when starting containers, you can configure the imagePullPolicy parameter. This policy helps you manage image updates and optimize pod startup performance.

The following table lists the possible values for the imagePullPolicy parameter:

The following example sets the imagePullPolicy parameter to IfNotPresent for the image tagged v1.2.3:

apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
# ...
spec:
  # ...
  template:
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: my-app-container
        image: registry.example.com/myapp:v1.2.3
        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8080

where: