edit
- Usage
- Flags

edit

Edit the service named ‘docker-registry’

kubectl edit svc/docker-registry

Use an alternative editor

KUBE_EDITOR="nano" kubectl edit svc/docker-registry

Edit the job ‘myjob’ in JSON using the v1 API format

kubectl edit job.v1.batch/myjob -o json

Edit the deployment ‘mydeployment’ in YAML and save the modified config in its annotation

kubectl edit deployment/mydeployment -o yaml --save-config

Edit a resource from the default editor.

The edit command allows you to directly edit any API resource you can retrieve via the command-line tools. It will open the editor defined by your KUBE_EDITOR, or EDITOR environment variables, or fall back to ‘vi’ for Linux or ‘notepad’ for Windows. You can edit multiple objects, although changes are applied one at a time. The command accepts file names as well as command-line arguments, although the files you point to must be previously saved versions of resources.

Editing is done with the API version used to fetch the resource. To edit using a specific API version, fully-qualify the resource, version, and group.

The default format is YAML. To edit in JSON, specify “-o json”.

The flag —windows-line-endings can be used to force Windows line endings, otherwise the default for your operating system will be used.

In the event an error occurs while updating, a temporary file will be created on disk that contains your unapplied changes. The most common error when updating a resource is another editor changing the resource on the server. When this occurs, you will have to apply your changes to the newer version of the resource, or update your temporary saved copy to include the latest resource version.

Usage

$ kubectl edit (RESOURCE/NAME | -f FILENAME)

Flags

Name	Shorthand	Default	Usage
allow-missing-template-keys		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.
field-manager		kubectl-edit	Name of the manager used to track field ownership.
filename	f	[]	Filename, directory, or URL to files to use to edit the resource
kustomize	k		Process the kustomization directory. This flag can’t be used together with -f or -R.
output	o		Output format. One of: json\|yaml\|name\|go-template\|go-template-file\|template\|templatefile\|jsonpath\|jsonpath-as-json\|jsonpath-file.
output-patch		false	Output the patch if the resource is edited.
record		false	Record current kubectl command in the resource annotation. If set to false, do not record the command. If set to true, record the command. If not set, default to updating the existing annotation value only if one already exists.
recursive	R	false	Process the directory used in -f, —filename recursively. Useful when you want to manage related manifests organized within the same directory.
save-config		false	If true, the configuration of current object will be saved in its annotation. Otherwise, the annotation will be unchanged. This flag is useful when you want to perform kubectl apply on this object in the future.
show-managed-fields		false	If true, keep the managedFields when printing objects in JSON or YAML format.
template			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].
validate		true	If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it
windows-line-endings		false	Defaults to the line ending native to your platform.