- OpenShift CLI developer command reference
- OpenShift CLI (oc) developer commands
- oc annotate
- oc api-resources
- oc api-versions
- oc apply
- oc apply edit-last-applied
- oc apply set-last-applied
- oc apply view-last-applied
- oc attach
- oc auth can-i
- oc auth reconcile
- oc autoscale
- oc cancel-build
- oc cluster-info
- oc cluster-info dump
- oc completion
- oc config current-context
- oc config delete-cluster
- oc config delete-context
- oc config delete-user
- oc config get-clusters
- oc config get-contexts
- oc config get-users
- oc config rename-context
- oc config set
- oc config set-cluster
- oc config set-context
- oc config set-credentials
- oc config unset
- oc config use-context
- oc config view
- oc cp
- oc create
- oc create build
- oc create clusterresourcequota
- oc create clusterrole
- oc create clusterrolebinding
- oc create configmap
- oc create cronjob
- oc create deployment
- oc create deploymentconfig
- oc create identity
- oc create imagestream
- oc create imagestreamtag
- oc create ingress
- oc create job
- oc create namespace
- oc create poddisruptionbudget
- oc create priorityclass
- oc create quota
- oc create role
- oc create rolebinding
- oc create route edge
- oc create route passthrough
- oc create route reencrypt
- oc create secret docker-registry
- oc create secret generic
- oc create secret tls
- oc create service clusterip
- oc create service externalname
- oc create service loadbalancer
- oc create service nodeport
- oc create serviceaccount
- oc create token
- oc create user
- oc create useridentitymapping
- oc debug
- oc delete
- oc describe
- oc diff
- oc edit
- oc events
- oc exec
- oc explain
- oc expose
- oc extract
- oc get
- oc idle
- oc image append
- oc image extract
- oc image info
- oc image mirror
- oc import-image
- oc kustomize
- oc label
- oc login
- oc logout
- oc logs
- oc new-app
- oc new-build
- oc new-project
- oc observe
- oc patch
- oc plugin list
- oc policy add-role-to-user
- oc policy scc-review
- oc policy scc-subject-review
- oc port-forward
- oc process
- oc project
- oc projects
- oc proxy
- oc registry info
- oc registry login
- oc replace
- oc rollback
- oc rollout cancel
- oc rollout history
- oc rollout latest
- oc rollout pause
- oc rollout restart
- oc rollout resume
- oc rollout retry
- oc rollout status
- oc rollout undo
- oc rsh
- oc rsync
- oc run
- oc scale
- oc secrets link
- oc secrets unlink
- oc set build-hook
- oc set build-secret
- oc set data
- oc set deployment-hook
- oc set env
- oc set image
- oc set image-lookup
- oc set probe
- oc set resources
- oc set route-backends
- oc set selector
- oc set serviceaccount
- oc set subject
- oc set triggers
- oc set volumes
- oc start-build
- oc status
- oc tag
- oc version
- oc wait
- oc whoami
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- OpenShift CLI (oc) developer commands
OpenShift CLI developer command reference
This reference provides descriptions and example commands for OpenShift CLI (oc
) developer commands. For administrator commands, see the OpenShift CLI administrator command reference.
Run oc help
to list all commands or run oc <command> --help
to get additional details for a specific command.
OpenShift CLI (oc) developer commands
oc annotate
Update the annotations on a resource
Example usage
# Update pod 'foo' with the annotation 'description' and the value 'my frontend'
# If the same annotation is set multiple times, only the last value will be applied
oc annotate pods foo description='my frontend'
# Update a pod identified by type and name in "pod.json"
oc annotate -f pod.json description='my frontend'
# Update pod 'foo' with the annotation 'description' and the value 'my frontend running nginx', overwriting any existing value
oc annotate --overwrite pods foo description='my frontend running nginx'
# Update all pods in the namespace
oc annotate pods --all description='my frontend running nginx'
# Update pod 'foo' only if the resource is unchanged from version 1
oc annotate pods foo description='my frontend running nginx' --resource-version=1
# Update pod 'foo' by removing an annotation named 'description' if it exists
# Does not require the --overwrite flag
oc annotate pods foo description-
oc api-resources
Print the supported API resources on the server
Example usage
# Print the supported API resources
oc api-resources
# Print the supported API resources with more information
oc api-resources -o wide
# Print the supported API resources sorted by a column
oc api-resources --sort-by=name
# Print the supported namespaced resources
oc api-resources --namespaced=true
# Print the supported non-namespaced resources
oc api-resources --namespaced=false
# Print the supported API resources with a specific APIGroup
oc api-resources --api-group=rbac.authorization.k8s.io
oc api-versions
Print the supported API versions on the server, in the form of “group/version”
Example usage
# Print the supported API versions
oc api-versions
oc apply
Apply a configuration to a resource by file name or stdin
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-allowlist=core/v1/ConfigMap
oc apply edit-last-applied
Edit latest last-applied-configuration annotations of a resource/object
Example usage
# Edit the last-applied-configuration annotations by type/name in YAML
oc apply edit-last-applied deployment/nginx
# Edit the last-applied-configuration annotations by file in JSON
oc apply edit-last-applied -f deploy.yaml -o json
oc apply set-last-applied
Set the last-applied-configuration annotation on a live object to match the contents of a file
Example usage
# Set the last-applied-configuration of a resource to match the contents of a file
oc apply set-last-applied -f deploy.yaml
# Execute set-last-applied against each configuration file in a directory
oc apply set-last-applied -f path/
# Set the last-applied-configuration of a resource to match the contents of a file; will create the annotation if it does not already exist
oc apply set-last-applied -f deploy.yaml --create-annotation=true
oc apply view-last-applied
View the latest last-applied-configuration annotations of a resource/object
Example usage
# View the last-applied-configuration annotations by type/name in YAML
oc apply view-last-applied deployment/nginx
# View the last-applied-configuration annotations by file in JSON
oc apply view-last-applied -f deploy.yaml -o json
oc attach
Attach to a running container
Example usage
# Get output from running pod mypod; use the 'oc.kubernetes.io/default-container' annotation
# for selecting the container to be attached or the first container in the pod will be chosen
oc attach mypod
# Get output from ruby-container from pod mypod
oc attach mypod -c ruby-container
# Switch to raw terminal mode; sends stdin to 'bash' in ruby-container from pod mypod
# and sends stdout/stderr from 'bash' back to the client
oc attach mypod -c ruby-container -i -t
# Get output from the first pod of a replica set named nginx
oc attach rs/nginx
oc auth can-i
Check whether an action is allowed
Example usage
# Check to see if I can create pods in any namespace
oc auth can-i create pods --all-namespaces
# Check to see if I can list deployments in my current namespace
oc auth can-i list deployments.apps
# Check to see if I can do everything in my current namespace ("*" means all)
oc auth can-i '*' '*'
# Check to see if I can get the job named "bar" in namespace "foo"
oc auth can-i list jobs.batch/bar -n foo
# Check to see if I can read pod logs
oc auth can-i get pods --subresource=log
# Check to see if I can access the URL /logs/
oc auth can-i get /logs/
# List all allowed actions in namespace "foo"
oc auth can-i --list --namespace=foo
oc auth reconcile
Reconciles rules for RBAC role, role binding, cluster role, and cluster role binding objects
Example usage
# Reconcile RBAC resources from a file
oc auth reconcile -f my-rbac-rules.yaml
oc autoscale
Autoscale a deployment config, deployment, replica set, stateful set, or replication controller
Example usage
# Auto scale a deployment "foo", with the number of pods between 2 and 10, no target CPU utilization specified so a default autoscaling policy will be used
oc autoscale deployment foo --min=2 --max=10
# Auto scale a replication controller "foo", with the number of pods between 1 and 5, target CPU utilization at 80%
oc autoscale rc foo --max=5 --cpu-percent=80
oc cancel-build
Cancel running, pending, or new builds
Example usage
# Cancel the build with the given name
oc cancel-build ruby-build-2
# Cancel the named build and print the build logs
oc cancel-build ruby-build-2 --dump-logs
# Cancel the named build and create a new one with the same parameters
oc cancel-build ruby-build-2 --restart
# Cancel multiple builds
oc cancel-build ruby-build-1 ruby-build-2 ruby-build-3
# Cancel all builds created from the 'ruby-build' build config that are in the 'new' state
oc cancel-build bc/ruby-build --state=new
oc cluster-info
Display cluster information
Example usage
# Print the address of the control plane and cluster services
oc cluster-info
oc cluster-info dump
Dump relevant information for debugging and diagnosis
Example usage
# Dump current cluster state to stdout
oc cluster-info dump
# Dump current cluster state to /path/to/cluster-state
oc cluster-info dump --output-directory=/path/to/cluster-state
# Dump all namespaces to stdout
oc cluster-info dump --all-namespaces
# Dump a set of namespaces to /path/to/cluster-state
oc cluster-info dump --namespaces default,kube-system --output-directory=/path/to/cluster-state
oc completion
Output shell completion code for the specified shell (bash, zsh, fish, or powershell)
Example usage
# Installing bash completion on macOS using homebrew
## If running Bash 3.2 included with macOS
brew install bash-completion
## or, if running Bash 4.1+
brew install bash-completion@2
## If oc is installed via homebrew, this should start working immediately
## If you've installed via other means, you may need add the completion to your completion directory
oc completion bash > $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion.d/oc
# Installing bash completion on Linux
## If bash-completion is not installed on Linux, install the 'bash-completion' package
## via your distribution's package manager.
## Load the oc completion code for bash into the current shell
source <(oc completion bash)
## Write bash completion code to a file and source it from .bash_profile
oc completion bash > ~/.kube/completion.bash.inc
printf "
# Kubectl shell completion
source '$HOME/.kube/completion.bash.inc'
" >> $HOME/.bash_profile
source $HOME/.bash_profile
# Load the oc completion code for zsh[1] into the current shell
source <(oc completion zsh)
# Set the oc completion code for zsh[1] to autoload on startup
oc completion zsh > "${fpath[1]}/_oc"
# Load the oc completion code for fish[2] into the current shell
oc completion fish | source
# To load completions for each session, execute once:
oc completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/oc.fish
# Load the oc completion code for powershell into the current shell
oc completion powershell | Out-String | Invoke-Expression
# Set oc completion code for powershell to run on startup
## Save completion code to a script and execute in the profile
oc completion powershell > $HOME\.kube\completion.ps1
Add-Content $PROFILE "$HOME\.kube\completion.ps1"
## Execute completion code in the profile
Add-Content $PROFILE "if (Get-Command oc -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) {
oc completion powershell | Out-String | Invoke-Expression
}"
## Add completion code directly to the $PROFILE script
oc completion powershell >> $PROFILE
oc config current-context
Display the current-context
Example usage
# Display the current-context
oc config current-context
oc config delete-cluster
Delete the specified cluster from the kubeconfig
Example usage
# Delete the minikube cluster
oc config delete-cluster minikube
oc config delete-context
Delete the specified context from the kubeconfig
Example usage
# Delete the context for the minikube cluster
oc config delete-context minikube
oc config delete-user
Delete the specified user from the kubeconfig
Example usage
# Delete the minikube user
oc config delete-user minikube
oc config get-clusters
Display clusters defined in the kubeconfig
Example usage
# List the clusters that oc knows about
oc config get-clusters
oc config get-contexts
Describe one or many contexts
Example usage
# List all the contexts in your kubeconfig file
oc config get-contexts
# Describe one context in your kubeconfig file
oc config get-contexts my-context
oc config get-users
Display users defined in the kubeconfig
Example usage
# List the users that oc knows about
oc config get-users
oc config rename-context
Rename a context from the kubeconfig file
Example usage
# Rename the context 'old-name' to 'new-name' in your kubeconfig file
oc config rename-context old-name new-name
oc config set
Set an individual value in a kubeconfig file
Example usage
# Set the server field on the my-cluster cluster to https://1.2.3.4
oc config set clusters.my-cluster.server https://1.2.3.4
# Set the certificate-authority-data field on the my-cluster cluster
oc config set clusters.my-cluster.certificate-authority-data $(echo "cert_data_here" | base64 -i -)
# Set the cluster field in the my-context context to my-cluster
oc config set contexts.my-context.cluster my-cluster
# Set the client-key-data field in the cluster-admin user using --set-raw-bytes option
oc config set users.cluster-admin.client-key-data cert_data_here --set-raw-bytes=true
oc config set-cluster
Set a cluster entry in kubeconfig
Example usage
# Set only the server field on the e2e cluster entry without touching other values
oc config set-cluster e2e --server=https://1.2.3.4
# Embed certificate authority data for the e2e cluster entry
oc config set-cluster e2e --embed-certs --certificate-authority=~/.kube/e2e/kubernetes.ca.crt
# Disable cert checking for the e2e cluster entry
oc config set-cluster e2e --insecure-skip-tls-verify=true
# Set custom TLS server name to use for validation for the e2e cluster entry
oc config set-cluster e2e --tls-server-name=my-cluster-name
# Set proxy url for the e2e cluster entry
oc config set-cluster e2e --proxy-url=https://1.2.3.4
oc config set-context
Set a context entry in kubeconfig
Example usage
# Set the user field on the gce context entry without touching other values
oc config set-context gce --user=cluster-admin
oc config set-credentials
Set a user entry in kubeconfig
Example usage
# Set only the "client-key" field on the "cluster-admin"
# entry, without touching other values
oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --client-key=~/.kube/admin.key
# Set basic auth for the "cluster-admin" entry
oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --username=admin --password=uXFGweU9l35qcif
# Embed client certificate data in the "cluster-admin" entry
oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --client-certificate=~/.kube/admin.crt --embed-certs=true
# Enable the Google Compute Platform auth provider for the "cluster-admin" entry
oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --auth-provider=gcp
# Enable the OpenID Connect auth provider for the "cluster-admin" entry with additional args
oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --auth-provider=oidc --auth-provider-arg=client-id=foo --auth-provider-arg=client-secret=bar
# Remove the "client-secret" config value for the OpenID Connect auth provider for the "cluster-admin" entry
oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --auth-provider=oidc --auth-provider-arg=client-secret-
# Enable new exec auth plugin for the "cluster-admin" entry
oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-command=/path/to/the/executable --exec-api-version=client.authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1
# Define new exec auth plugin args for the "cluster-admin" entry
oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-arg=arg1 --exec-arg=arg2
# Create or update exec auth plugin environment variables for the "cluster-admin" entry
oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-env=key1=val1 --exec-env=key2=val2
# Remove exec auth plugin environment variables for the "cluster-admin" entry
oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-env=var-to-remove-
oc config unset
Unset an individual value in a kubeconfig file
Example usage
# Unset the current-context
oc config unset current-context
# Unset namespace in foo context
oc config unset contexts.foo.namespace
oc config use-context
Set the current-context in a kubeconfig file
Example usage
# Use the context for the minikube cluster
oc config use-context minikube
oc config view
Display merged kubeconfig settings or a specified kubeconfig file
Example usage
# Show merged kubeconfig settings
oc config view
# Show merged kubeconfig settings and raw certificate data and exposed secrets
oc config view --raw
# Get the password for the e2e user
oc config view -o jsonpath='{.users[?(@.name == "e2e")].user.password}'
oc cp
Copy files and directories to and from containers
Example usage
# !!!Important Note!!!
# Requires that the 'tar' binary is present in your container
# image. If 'tar' is not present, 'oc cp' will fail.
#
# For advanced use cases, such as symlinks, wildcard expansion or
# file mode preservation, consider using 'oc exec'.
# Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in namespace <some-namespace>
tar cf - /tmp/foo | oc exec -i -n <some-namespace> <some-pod> -- tar xf - -C /tmp/bar
# Copy /tmp/foo from a remote pod to /tmp/bar locally
oc exec -n <some-namespace> <some-pod> -- tar cf - /tmp/foo | tar xf - -C /tmp/bar
# Copy /tmp/foo_dir local directory to /tmp/bar_dir in a remote pod in the default namespace
oc cp /tmp/foo_dir <some-pod>:/tmp/bar_dir
# Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in a specific container
oc cp /tmp/foo <some-pod>:/tmp/bar -c <specific-container>
# Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in namespace <some-namespace>
oc cp /tmp/foo <some-namespace>/<some-pod>:/tmp/bar
# Copy /tmp/foo from a remote pod to /tmp/bar locally
oc cp <some-namespace>/<some-pod>:/tmp/foo /tmp/bar
oc create
Create a resource from a file or from stdin
Example usage
# Create a pod using the data in pod.json
oc create -f ./pod.json
# Create a pod based on the JSON passed into stdin
cat pod.json | oc create -f -
# Edit the data in registry.yaml in JSON then create the resource using the edited data
oc create -f registry.yaml --edit -o json
oc create build
Create a new build
Example usage
# Create a new build
oc create build myapp
oc create clusterresourcequota
Create a cluster resource quota
Example usage
# Create a cluster resource quota limited to 10 pods
oc create clusterresourcequota limit-bob --project-annotation-selector=openshift.io/requester=user-bob --hard=pods=10
oc create clusterrole
Create a cluster role
Example usage
# Create a cluster role named "pod-reader" that allows user to perform "get", "watch" and "list" on pods
oc create clusterrole pod-reader --verb=get,list,watch --resource=pods
# Create a cluster role named "pod-reader" with ResourceName specified
oc create clusterrole pod-reader --verb=get --resource=pods --resource-name=readablepod --resource-name=anotherpod
# Create a cluster role named "foo" with API Group specified
oc create clusterrole foo --verb=get,list,watch --resource=rs.apps
# Create a cluster role named "foo" with SubResource specified
oc create clusterrole foo --verb=get,list,watch --resource=pods,pods/status
# Create a cluster role name "foo" with NonResourceURL specified
oc create clusterrole "foo" --verb=get --non-resource-url=/logs/*
# Create a cluster role name "monitoring" with AggregationRule specified
oc create clusterrole monitoring --aggregation-rule="rbac.example.com/aggregate-to-monitoring=true"
oc create clusterrolebinding
Create a cluster role binding for a particular cluster role
Example usage
# Create a cluster role binding for user1, user2, and group1 using the cluster-admin cluster role
oc create clusterrolebinding cluster-admin --clusterrole=cluster-admin --user=user1 --user=user2 --group=group1
oc create configmap
Create a config map from a local file, directory or literal value
Example usage
# Create a new config map named my-config based on folder bar
oc create configmap my-config --from-file=path/to/bar
# Create a new config map named my-config with specified keys instead of file basenames on disk
oc create configmap my-config --from-file=key1=/path/to/bar/file1.txt --from-file=key2=/path/to/bar/file2.txt
# Create a new config map named my-config with key1=config1 and key2=config2
oc create configmap my-config --from-literal=key1=config1 --from-literal=key2=config2
# Create a new config map named my-config from the key=value pairs in the file
oc create configmap my-config --from-file=path/to/bar
# Create a new config map named my-config from an env file
oc create configmap my-config --from-env-file=path/to/foo.env --from-env-file=path/to/bar.env
oc create cronjob
Create a cron job with the specified name
Example usage
# Create a cron job
oc create cronjob my-job --image=busybox --schedule="*/1 * * * *"
# Create a cron job with a command
oc create cronjob my-job --image=busybox --schedule="*/1 * * * *" -- date
oc create deployment
Create a deployment with the specified name
Example usage
# Create a deployment named my-dep that runs the busybox image
oc create deployment my-dep --image=busybox
# Create a deployment with a command
oc create deployment my-dep --image=busybox -- date
# Create a deployment named my-dep that runs the nginx image with 3 replicas
oc create deployment my-dep --image=nginx --replicas=3
# Create a deployment named my-dep that runs the busybox image and expose port 5701
oc create deployment my-dep --image=busybox --port=5701
oc create deploymentconfig
Create a deployment config with default options that uses a given image
Example usage
# Create an nginx deployment config named my-nginx
oc create deploymentconfig my-nginx --image=nginx
oc create identity
Manually create an identity (only needed if automatic creation is disabled)
Example usage
# Create an identity with identity provider "acme_ldap" and the identity provider username "adamjones"
oc create identity acme_ldap:adamjones
oc create imagestream
Create a new empty image stream
Example usage
# Create a new image stream
oc create imagestream mysql
oc create imagestreamtag
Create a new image stream tag
Example usage
# Create a new image stream tag based on an image in a remote registry
oc create imagestreamtag mysql:latest --from-image=myregistry.local/mysql/mysql:5.0
oc create ingress
Create an ingress with the specified name
Example usage
# Create a single ingress called 'simple' that directs requests to foo.com/bar to svc
# svc1:8080 with a tls secret "my-cert"
oc create ingress simple --rule="foo.com/bar=svc1:8080,tls=my-cert"
# Create a catch all ingress of "/path" pointing to service svc:port and Ingress Class as "otheringress"
oc create ingress catch-all --class=otheringress --rule="/path=svc:port"
# Create an ingress with two annotations: ingress.annotation1 and ingress.annotations2
oc create ingress annotated --class=default --rule="foo.com/bar=svc:port" \
--annotation ingress.annotation1=foo \
--annotation ingress.annotation2=bla
# Create an ingress with the same host and multiple paths
oc create ingress multipath --class=default \
--rule="foo.com/=svc:port" \
--rule="foo.com/admin/=svcadmin:portadmin"
# Create an ingress with multiple hosts and the pathType as Prefix
oc create ingress ingress1 --class=default \
--rule="foo.com/path*=svc:8080" \
--rule="bar.com/admin*=svc2:http"
# Create an ingress with TLS enabled using the default ingress certificate and different path types
oc create ingress ingtls --class=default \
--rule="foo.com/=svc:https,tls" \
--rule="foo.com/path/subpath*=othersvc:8080"
# Create an ingress with TLS enabled using a specific secret and pathType as Prefix
oc create ingress ingsecret --class=default \
--rule="foo.com/*=svc:8080,tls=secret1"
# Create an ingress with a default backend
oc create ingress ingdefault --class=default \
--default-backend=defaultsvc:http \
--rule="foo.com/*=svc:8080,tls=secret1"
oc create job
Create a job with the specified name
Example usage
# Create a job
oc create job my-job --image=busybox
# Create a job with a command
oc create job my-job --image=busybox -- date
# Create a job from a cron job named "a-cronjob"
oc create job test-job --from=cronjob/a-cronjob
oc create namespace
Create a namespace with the specified name
Example usage
# Create a new namespace named my-namespace
oc create namespace my-namespace
oc create poddisruptionbudget
Create a pod disruption budget with the specified name
Example usage
# Create a pod disruption budget named my-pdb that will select all pods with the app=rails label
# and require at least one of them being available at any point in time
oc create poddisruptionbudget my-pdb --selector=app=rails --min-available=1
# Create a pod disruption budget named my-pdb that will select all pods with the app=nginx label
# and require at least half of the pods selected to be available at any point in time
oc create pdb my-pdb --selector=app=nginx --min-available=50%
oc create priorityclass
Create a priority class with the specified name
Example usage
# Create a priority class named high-priority
oc create priorityclass high-priority --value=1000 --description="high priority"
# Create a priority class named default-priority that is considered as the global default priority
oc create priorityclass default-priority --value=1000 --global-default=true --description="default priority"
# Create a priority class named high-priority that cannot preempt pods with lower priority
oc create priorityclass high-priority --value=1000 --description="high priority" --preemption-policy="Never"
oc create quota
Create a quota with the specified name
Example usage
# Create a new resource quota named my-quota
oc create quota my-quota --hard=cpu=1,memory=1G,pods=2,services=3,replicationcontrollers=2,resourcequotas=1,secrets=5,persistentvolumeclaims=10
# Create a new resource quota named best-effort
oc create quota best-effort --hard=pods=100 --scopes=BestEffort
oc create role
Create a role with single rule
Example usage
# Create a role named "pod-reader" that allows user to perform "get", "watch" and "list" on pods
oc create role pod-reader --verb=get --verb=list --verb=watch --resource=pods
# Create a role named "pod-reader" with ResourceName specified
oc create role pod-reader --verb=get --resource=pods --resource-name=readablepod --resource-name=anotherpod
# Create a role named "foo" with API Group specified
oc create role foo --verb=get,list,watch --resource=rs.apps
# Create a role named "foo" with SubResource specified
oc create role foo --verb=get,list,watch --resource=pods,pods/status
oc create rolebinding
Create a role binding for a particular role or cluster role
Example usage
# Create a role binding for user1, user2, and group1 using the admin cluster role
oc create rolebinding admin --clusterrole=admin --user=user1 --user=user2 --group=group1
oc create route edge
Create a route that uses edge TLS termination
Example usage
# Create an edge route named "my-route" that exposes the frontend service
oc create route edge my-route --service=frontend
# Create an edge route that exposes the frontend service and specify a path
# If the route name is omitted, the service name will be used
oc create route edge --service=frontend --path /assets
oc create route passthrough
Create a route that uses passthrough TLS termination
Example usage
# Create a passthrough route named "my-route" that exposes the frontend service
oc create route passthrough my-route --service=frontend
# Create a passthrough route that exposes the frontend service and specify
# a host name. If the route name is omitted, the service name will be used
oc create route passthrough --service=frontend --hostname=www.example.com
oc create route reencrypt
Create a route that uses reencrypt TLS termination
Example usage
# Create a route named "my-route" that exposes the frontend service
oc create route reencrypt my-route --service=frontend --dest-ca-cert cert.cert
# Create a reencrypt route that exposes the frontend service, letting the
# route name default to the service name and the destination CA certificate
# default to the service CA
oc create route reencrypt --service=frontend
oc create secret docker-registry
Create a secret for use with a Docker registry
Example usage
# If you don't already have a .dockercfg file, you can create a dockercfg secret directly by using:
oc create secret docker-registry my-secret --docker-server=DOCKER_REGISTRY_SERVER --docker-username=DOCKER_USER --docker-password=DOCKER_PASSWORD --docker-email=DOCKER_EMAIL
# Create a new secret named my-secret from ~/.docker/config.json
oc create secret docker-registry my-secret --from-file=.dockerconfigjson=path/to/.docker/config.json
oc create secret generic
Create a secret from a local file, directory, or literal value
Example usage
# Create a new secret named my-secret with keys for each file in folder bar
oc create secret generic my-secret --from-file=path/to/bar
# Create a new secret named my-secret with specified keys instead of names on disk
oc create secret generic my-secret --from-file=ssh-privatekey=path/to/id_rsa --from-file=ssh-publickey=path/to/id_rsa.pub
# Create a new secret named my-secret with key1=supersecret and key2=topsecret
oc create secret generic my-secret --from-literal=key1=supersecret --from-literal=key2=topsecret
# Create a new secret named my-secret using a combination of a file and a literal
oc create secret generic my-secret --from-file=ssh-privatekey=path/to/id_rsa --from-literal=passphrase=topsecret
# Create a new secret named my-secret from env files
oc create secret generic my-secret --from-env-file=path/to/foo.env --from-env-file=path/to/bar.env
oc create secret tls
Create a TLS secret
Example usage
# Create a new TLS secret named tls-secret with the given key pair
oc create secret tls tls-secret --cert=path/to/tls.cert --key=path/to/tls.key
oc create service clusterip
Create a ClusterIP service
Example usage
# Create a new ClusterIP service named my-cs
oc create service clusterip my-cs --tcp=5678:8080
# Create a new ClusterIP service named my-cs (in headless mode)
oc create service clusterip my-cs --clusterip="None"
oc create service externalname
Create an ExternalName service
Example usage
# Create a new ExternalName service named my-ns
oc create service externalname my-ns --external-name bar.com
oc create service loadbalancer
Create a LoadBalancer service
Example usage
# Create a new LoadBalancer service named my-lbs
oc create service loadbalancer my-lbs --tcp=5678:8080
oc create service nodeport
Create a NodePort service
Example usage
# Create a new NodePort service named my-ns
oc create service nodeport my-ns --tcp=5678:8080
oc create serviceaccount
Create a service account with the specified name
Example usage
# Create a new service account named my-service-account
oc create serviceaccount my-service-account
oc create token
Request a service account token
Example usage
# Request a token to authenticate to the kube-apiserver as the service account "myapp" in the current namespace
oc create token myapp
# Request a token for a service account in a custom namespace
oc create token myapp --namespace myns
# Request a token with a custom expiration
oc create token myapp --duration 10m
# Request a token with a custom audience
oc create token myapp --audience https://example.com
# Request a token bound to an instance of a Secret object
oc create token myapp --bound-object-kind Secret --bound-object-name mysecret
# Request a token bound to an instance of a Secret object with a specific uid
oc create token myapp --bound-object-kind Secret --bound-object-name mysecret --bound-object-uid 0d4691ed-659b-4935-a832-355f77ee47cc
oc create user
Manually create a user (only needed if automatic creation is disabled)
Example usage
# Create a user with the username "ajones" and the display name "Adam Jones"
oc create user ajones --full-name="Adam Jones"
oc create useridentitymapping
Manually map an identity to a user
Example usage
# Map the identity "acme_ldap:adamjones" to the user "ajones"
oc create useridentitymapping acme_ldap:adamjones ajones
oc debug
Launch a new instance of a pod for debugging
Example usage
# Start a shell session into a pod using the OpenShift tools image
oc debug
# Debug a currently running deployment by creating a new pod
oc debug deploy/test
# Debug a node as an administrator
oc debug node/master-1
# Launch a shell in a pod using the provided image stream tag
oc debug istag/mysql:latest -n openshift
# Test running a job as a non-root user
oc debug job/test --as-user=1000000
# Debug a specific failing container by running the env command in the 'second' container
oc debug daemonset/test -c second -- /bin/env
# See the pod that would be created to debug
oc debug mypod-9xbc -o yaml
# Debug a resource but launch the debug pod in another namespace
# Note: Not all resources can be debugged using --to-namespace without modification. For example,
# volumes and service accounts are namespace-dependent. Add '-o yaml' to output the debug pod definition
# to disk. If necessary, edit the definition then run 'oc debug -f -' or run without --to-namespace
oc debug mypod-9xbc --to-namespace testns
oc delete
Delete resources by file names, stdin, resources and names, or by resources and label selector
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
oc describe
Show details of a specific resource or group of resources
Example usage
# Describe a node
oc describe nodes kubernetes-node-emt8.c.myproject.internal
# Describe a pod
oc describe pods/nginx
# Describe a pod identified by type and name in "pod.json"
oc describe -f pod.json
# Describe all pods
oc describe pods
# Describe pods by label name=myLabel
oc describe po -l name=myLabel
# Describe all pods managed by the 'frontend' replication controller
# (rc-created pods get the name of the rc as a prefix in the pod name)
oc describe pods frontend
oc diff
Diff the live version against a would-be applied version
Example usage
# Diff resources included in pod.json
oc diff -f pod.json
# Diff file read from stdin
cat service.yaml | oc diff -f -
oc edit
Edit a resource on the server
Example usage
# Edit the service named 'registry'
oc edit svc/registry
# Use an alternative editor
KUBE_EDITOR="nano" oc edit svc/registry
# Edit the job 'myjob' in JSON using the v1 API format
oc edit job.v1.batch/myjob -o json
# Edit the deployment 'mydeployment' in YAML and save the modified config in its annotation
oc edit deployment/mydeployment -o yaml --save-config
# Edit the deployment/mydeployment's status subresource
oc edit deployment mydeployment --subresource='status'
oc events
List events
Example usage
# List recent events in the default namespace.
oc events
# List recent events in all namespaces.
oc events --all-namespaces
# List recent events for the specified pod, then wait for more events and list them as they arrive.
oc events --for pod/web-pod-13je7 --watch
# List recent events in given format. Supported ones, apart from default, are json and yaml.
oc events -oyaml
# List recent only events in given event types
oc events --types=Warning,Normal
oc exec
Execute a command in a container
Example usage
# Get output from running the 'date' command from pod mypod, using the first container by default
oc exec mypod -- date
# Get output from running the 'date' command in ruby-container from pod mypod
oc exec mypod -c ruby-container -- date
# Switch to raw terminal mode; sends stdin to 'bash' in ruby-container from pod mypod
# and sends stdout/stderr from 'bash' back to the client
oc exec mypod -c ruby-container -i -t -- bash -il
# List contents of /usr from the first container of pod mypod and sort by modification time
# If the command you want to execute in the pod has any flags in common (e.g. -i),
# you must use two dashes (--) to separate your command's flags/arguments
# Also note, do not surround your command and its flags/arguments with quotes
# unless that is how you would execute it normally (i.e., do ls -t /usr, not "ls -t /usr")
oc exec mypod -i -t -- ls -t /usr
# Get output from running 'date' command from the first pod of the deployment mydeployment, using the first container by default
oc exec deploy/mydeployment -- date
# Get output from running 'date' command from the first pod of the service myservice, using the first container by default
oc exec svc/myservice -- date
oc explain
Get documentation for a resource
Example usage
# Get the documentation of the resource and its fields
oc explain pods
# Get the documentation of a specific field of a resource
oc explain pods.spec.containers
oc expose
Expose a replicated application as a service or route
Example usage
# Create a route based on service nginx. The new route will reuse nginx's labels
oc expose service nginx
# Create a route and specify your own label and route name
oc expose service nginx -l name=myroute --name=fromdowntown
# Create a route and specify a host name
oc expose service nginx --hostname=www.example.com
# Create a route with a wildcard
oc expose service nginx --hostname=x.example.com --wildcard-policy=Subdomain
# This would be equivalent to *.example.com. NOTE: only hosts are matched by the wildcard; subdomains would not be included
# Expose a deployment configuration as a service and use the specified port
oc expose dc ruby-hello-world --port=8080
# Expose a service as a route in the specified path
oc expose service nginx --path=/nginx
oc extract
Extract secrets or config maps to disk
Example usage
# Extract the secret "test" to the current directory
oc extract secret/test
# Extract the config map "nginx" to the /tmp directory
oc extract configmap/nginx --to=/tmp
# Extract the config map "nginx" to STDOUT
oc extract configmap/nginx --to=-
# Extract only the key "nginx.conf" from config map "nginx" to the /tmp directory
oc extract configmap/nginx --to=/tmp --keys=nginx.conf
oc get
Display one or many resources
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.yaml
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
oc idle
Idle scalable resources
Example usage
# Idle the scalable controllers associated with the services listed in to-idle.txt
$ oc idle --resource-names-file to-idle.txt
oc image append
Add layers to images and push them to a registry
Example usage
# Remove the entrypoint on the mysql:latest image
oc image append --from mysql:latest --to myregistry.com/myimage:latest --image '{"Entrypoint":null}'
# Add a new layer to the image
oc image append --from mysql:latest --to myregistry.com/myimage:latest layer.tar.gz
# Add a new layer to the image and store the result on disk
# This results in $(pwd)/v2/mysql/blobs,manifests
oc image append --from mysql:latest --to file://mysql:local layer.tar.gz
# Add a new layer to the image and store the result on disk in a designated directory
# This will result in $(pwd)/mysql-local/v2/mysql/blobs,manifests
oc image append --from mysql:latest --to file://mysql:local --dir mysql-local layer.tar.gz
# Add a new layer to an image that is stored on disk (~/mysql-local/v2/image exists)
oc image append --from-dir ~/mysql-local --to myregistry.com/myimage:latest layer.tar.gz
# Add a new layer to an image that was mirrored to the current directory on disk ($(pwd)/v2/image exists)
oc image append --from-dir v2 --to myregistry.com/myimage:latest layer.tar.gz
# Add a new layer to a multi-architecture image for an os/arch that is different from the system's os/arch
# Note: Wildcard filter is not supported with append. Pass a single os/arch to append
oc image append --from docker.io/library/busybox:latest --filter-by-os=linux/s390x --to myregistry.com/myimage:latest layer.tar.gz
oc image extract
Copy files from an image to the file system
Example usage
# Extract the busybox image into the current directory
oc image extract docker.io/library/busybox:latest
# Extract the busybox image into a designated directory (must exist)
oc image extract docker.io/library/busybox:latest --path /:/tmp/busybox
# Extract the busybox image into the current directory for linux/s390x platform
# Note: Wildcard filter is not supported with extract. Pass a single os/arch to extract
oc image extract docker.io/library/busybox:latest --filter-by-os=linux/s390x
# Extract a single file from the image into the current directory
oc image extract docker.io/library/centos:7 --path /bin/bash:.
# Extract all .repo files from the image's /etc/yum.repos.d/ folder into the current directory
oc image extract docker.io/library/centos:7 --path /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo:.
# Extract all .repo files from the image's /etc/yum.repos.d/ folder into a designated directory (must exist)
# This results in /tmp/yum.repos.d/*.repo on local system
oc image extract docker.io/library/centos:7 --path /etc/yum.repos.d/*.repo:/tmp/yum.repos.d
# Extract an image stored on disk into the current directory ($(pwd)/v2/busybox/blobs,manifests exists)
# --confirm is required because the current directory is not empty
oc image extract file://busybox:local --confirm
# Extract an image stored on disk in a directory other than $(pwd)/v2 into the current directory
# --confirm is required because the current directory is not empty ($(pwd)/busybox-mirror-dir/v2/busybox exists)
oc image extract file://busybox:local --dir busybox-mirror-dir --confirm
# Extract an image stored on disk in a directory other than $(pwd)/v2 into a designated directory (must exist)
oc image extract file://busybox:local --dir busybox-mirror-dir --path /:/tmp/busybox
# Extract the last layer in the image
oc image extract docker.io/library/centos:7[-1]
# Extract the first three layers of the image
oc image extract docker.io/library/centos:7[:3]
# Extract the last three layers of the image
oc image extract docker.io/library/centos:7[-3:]
oc image info
Display information about an image
Example usage
# Show information about an image
oc image info quay.io/openshift/cli:latest
# Show information about images matching a wildcard
oc image info quay.io/openshift/cli:4.*
# Show information about a file mirrored to disk under DIR
oc image info --dir=DIR file://library/busybox:latest
# Select which image from a multi-OS image to show
oc image info library/busybox:latest --filter-by-os=linux/arm64
oc image mirror
Mirror images from one repository to another
Example usage
# Copy image to another tag
oc image mirror myregistry.com/myimage:latest myregistry.com/myimage:stable
# Copy image to another registry
oc image mirror myregistry.com/myimage:latest docker.io/myrepository/myimage:stable
# Copy all tags starting with mysql to the destination repository
oc image mirror myregistry.com/myimage:mysql* docker.io/myrepository/myimage
# Copy image to disk, creating a directory structure that can be served as a registry
oc image mirror myregistry.com/myimage:latest file://myrepository/myimage:latest
# Copy image to S3 (pull from <bucket>.s3.amazonaws.com/image:latest)
oc image mirror myregistry.com/myimage:latest s3://s3.amazonaws.com/<region>/<bucket>/image:latest
# Copy image to S3 without setting a tag (pull via @<digest>)
oc image mirror myregistry.com/myimage:latest s3://s3.amazonaws.com/<region>/<bucket>/image
# Copy image to multiple locations
oc image mirror myregistry.com/myimage:latest docker.io/myrepository/myimage:stable \
docker.io/myrepository/myimage:dev
# Copy multiple images
oc image mirror myregistry.com/myimage:latest=myregistry.com/other:test \
myregistry.com/myimage:new=myregistry.com/other:target
# Copy manifest list of a multi-architecture image, even if only a single image is found
oc image mirror myregistry.com/myimage:latest=myregistry.com/other:test \
--keep-manifest-list=true
# Copy specific os/arch manifest of a multi-architecture image
# Run 'oc image info myregistry.com/myimage:latest' to see available os/arch for multi-arch images
# Note that with multi-arch images, this results in a new manifest list digest that includes only
# the filtered manifests
oc image mirror myregistry.com/myimage:latest=myregistry.com/other:test \
--filter-by-os=os/arch
# Copy all os/arch manifests of a multi-architecture image
# Run 'oc image info myregistry.com/myimage:latest' to see list of os/arch manifests that will be mirrored
oc image mirror myregistry.com/myimage:latest=myregistry.com/other:test \
--keep-manifest-list=true
# Note the above command is equivalent to
oc image mirror myregistry.com/myimage:latest=myregistry.com/other:test \
--filter-by-os=.*
oc import-image
Import images from a container image registry
Example usage
# Import tag latest into a new image stream
oc import-image mystream --from=registry.io/repo/image:latest --confirm
# Update imported data for tag latest in an already existing image stream
oc import-image mystream
# Update imported data for tag stable in an already existing image stream
oc import-image mystream:stable
# Update imported data for all tags in an existing image stream
oc import-image mystream --all
# Update imported data for a tag which points to a manifest list to include the full manifest list
oc import-image mystream --import-mode=PreserveOriginal
# Import all tags into a new image stream
oc import-image mystream --from=registry.io/repo/image --all --confirm
# Import all tags into a new image stream using a custom timeout
oc --request-timeout=5m import-image mystream --from=registry.io/repo/image --all --confirm
oc kustomize
Build a kustomization target from a directory or URL.
Example usage
# Build the current working directory
oc kustomize
# Build some shared configuration directory
oc kustomize /home/config/production
# Build from github
oc kustomize https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize.git/examples/helloWorld?ref=v1.0.6
oc label
Update the labels on a resource
Example usage
# Update pod 'foo' with the label 'unhealthy' and the value 'true'
oc label pods foo unhealthy=true
# Update pod 'foo' with the label 'status' and the value 'unhealthy', overwriting any existing value
oc label --overwrite pods foo status=unhealthy
# Update all pods in the namespace
oc label pods --all status=unhealthy
# Update a pod identified by the type and name in "pod.json"
oc label -f pod.json status=unhealthy
# Update pod 'foo' only if the resource is unchanged from version 1
oc label pods foo status=unhealthy --resource-version=1
# Update pod 'foo' by removing a label named 'bar' if it exists
# Does not require the --overwrite flag
oc label pods foo bar-
oc login
Log in to a server
Example usage
# Log in interactively
oc login --username=myuser
# Log in to the given server with the given certificate authority file
oc login localhost:8443 --certificate-authority=/path/to/cert.crt
# Log in to the given server with the given credentials (will not prompt interactively)
oc login localhost:8443 --username=myuser --password=mypass
oc logout
End the current server session
Example usage
# Log out
oc logout
oc logs
Print the logs for a container in a pod
Example usage
# Start streaming the logs of the most recent build of the openldap build config
oc logs -f bc/openldap
# Start streaming the logs of the latest deployment of the mysql deployment config
oc logs -f dc/mysql
# Get the logs of the first deployment for the mysql deployment config. Note that logs
# from older deployments may not exist either because the deployment was successful
# or due to deployment pruning or manual deletion of the deployment
oc logs --version=1 dc/mysql
# Return a snapshot of ruby-container logs from pod backend
oc logs backend -c ruby-container
# Start streaming of ruby-container logs from pod backend
oc logs -f pod/backend -c ruby-container
oc new-app
Create a new application
Example usage
# List all local templates and image streams that can be used to create an app
oc new-app --list
# Create an application based on the source code in the current git repository (with a public remote) and a container image
oc new-app . --image=registry/repo/langimage
# Create an application myapp with Docker based build strategy expecting binary input
oc new-app --strategy=docker --binary --name myapp
# Create a Ruby application based on the provided [image]~[source code] combination
oc new-app centos/ruby-25-centos7~https://github.com/sclorg/ruby-ex.git
# Use the public container registry MySQL image to create an app. Generated artifacts will be labeled with db=mysql
oc new-app mysql MYSQL_USER=user MYSQL_PASSWORD=pass MYSQL_DATABASE=testdb -l db=mysql
# Use a MySQL image in a private registry to create an app and override application artifacts' names
oc new-app --image=myregistry.com/mycompany/mysql --name=private
# Create an application from a remote repository using its beta4 branch
oc new-app https://github.com/openshift/ruby-hello-world#beta4
# Create an application based on a stored template, explicitly setting a parameter value
oc new-app --template=ruby-helloworld-sample --param=MYSQL_USER=admin
# Create an application from a remote repository and specify a context directory
oc new-app https://github.com/youruser/yourgitrepo --context-dir=src/build
# Create an application from a remote private repository and specify which existing secret to use
oc new-app https://github.com/youruser/yourgitrepo --source-secret=yoursecret
# Create an application based on a template file, explicitly setting a parameter value
oc new-app --file=./example/myapp/template.json --param=MYSQL_USER=admin
# Search all templates, image streams, and container images for the ones that match "ruby"
oc new-app --search ruby
# Search for "ruby", but only in stored templates (--template, --image-stream and --image
# can be used to filter search results)
oc new-app --search --template=ruby
# Search for "ruby" in stored templates and print the output as YAML
oc new-app --search --template=ruby --output=yaml
oc new-build
Create a new build configuration
Example usage
# Create a build config based on the source code in the current git repository (with a public
# remote) and a container image
oc new-build . --image=repo/langimage
# Create a NodeJS build config based on the provided [image]~[source code] combination
oc new-build centos/nodejs-8-centos7~https://github.com/sclorg/nodejs-ex.git
# Create a build config from a remote repository using its beta2 branch
oc new-build https://github.com/openshift/ruby-hello-world#beta2
# Create a build config using a Dockerfile specified as an argument
oc new-build -D $'FROM centos:7\nRUN yum install -y httpd'
# Create a build config from a remote repository and add custom environment variables
oc new-build https://github.com/openshift/ruby-hello-world -e RACK_ENV=development
# Create a build config from a remote private repository and specify which existing secret to use
oc new-build https://github.com/youruser/yourgitrepo --source-secret=yoursecret
# Create a build config from a remote repository and inject the npmrc into a build
oc new-build https://github.com/openshift/ruby-hello-world --build-secret npmrc:.npmrc
# Create a build config from a remote repository and inject environment data into a build
oc new-build https://github.com/openshift/ruby-hello-world --build-config-map env:config
# Create a build config that gets its input from a remote repository and another container image
oc new-build https://github.com/openshift/ruby-hello-world --source-image=openshift/jenkins-1-centos7 --source-image-path=/var/lib/jenkins:tmp
oc new-project
Request a new project
Example usage
# Create a new project with minimal information
oc new-project web-team-dev
# Create a new project with a display name and description
oc new-project web-team-dev --display-name="Web Team Development" --description="Development project for the web team."
oc observe
Observe changes to resources and react to them (experimental)
Example usage
# Observe changes to services
oc observe services
# Observe changes to services, including the clusterIP and invoke a script for each
oc observe services --template '{ .spec.clusterIP }' -- register_dns.sh
# Observe changes to services filtered by a label selector
oc observe namespaces -l regist-dns=true --template '{ .spec.clusterIP }' -- register_dns.sh
oc patch
Update fields of a resource
Example usage
# Partially update a node using a strategic merge patch, specifying the patch as JSON
oc patch node k8s-node-1 -p '{"spec":{"unschedulable":true}}'
# Partially update a node using a strategic merge patch, specifying the patch as YAML
oc 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
oc patch -f node.json -p '{"spec":{"unschedulable":true}}'
# Update a container's image; spec.containers[*].name is required because it's a merge key
oc 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
oc 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.
oc patch deployment nginx-deployment --subresource='scale' --type='merge' -p '{"spec":{"replicas":2}}'
oc plugin list
List all visible plugin executables on a user’s PATH
Example usage
# List all available plugins
oc plugin list
oc policy add-role-to-user
Add a role to users or service accounts for the current project
Example usage
# Add the 'view' role to user1 for the current project
oc policy add-role-to-user view user1
# Add the 'edit' role to serviceaccount1 for the current project
oc policy add-role-to-user edit -z serviceaccount1
oc policy scc-review
Check which service account can create a pod
Example usage
# Check whether service accounts sa1 and sa2 can admit a pod with a template pod spec specified in my_resource.yaml
# Service Account specified in myresource.yaml file is ignored
oc policy scc-review -z sa1,sa2 -f my_resource.yaml
# Check whether service accounts system:serviceaccount:bob:default can admit a pod with a template pod spec specified in my_resource.yaml
oc policy scc-review -z system:serviceaccount:bob:default -f my_resource.yaml
# Check whether the service account specified in my_resource_with_sa.yaml can admit the pod
oc policy scc-review -f my_resource_with_sa.yaml
# Check whether the default service account can admit the pod; default is taken since no service account is defined in myresource_with_no_sa.yaml
oc policy scc-review -f myresource_with_no_sa.yaml
oc policy scc-subject-review
Check whether a user or a service account can create a pod
Example usage
# Check whether user bob can create a pod specified in myresource.yaml
oc policy scc-subject-review -u bob -f myresource.yaml
# Check whether user bob who belongs to projectAdmin group can create a pod specified in myresource.yaml
oc policy scc-subject-review -u bob -g projectAdmin -f myresource.yaml
# Check whether a service account specified in the pod template spec in myresourcewithsa.yaml can create the pod
oc policy scc-subject-review -f myresourcewithsa.yaml
oc port-forward
Forward one or more local ports to a pod
Example usage
# Listen on ports 5000 and 6000 locally, forwarding data to/from ports 5000 and 6000 in the pod
oc port-forward pod/mypod 5000 6000
# Listen on ports 5000 and 6000 locally, forwarding data to/from ports 5000 and 6000 in a pod selected by the deployment
oc port-forward deployment/mydeployment 5000 6000
# Listen on port 8443 locally, forwarding to the targetPort of the service's port named "https" in a pod selected by the service
oc port-forward service/myservice 8443:https
# Listen on port 8888 locally, forwarding to 5000 in the pod
oc port-forward pod/mypod 8888:5000
# Listen on port 8888 on all addresses, forwarding to 5000 in the pod
oc port-forward --address 0.0.0.0 pod/mypod 8888:5000
# Listen on port 8888 on localhost and selected IP, forwarding to 5000 in the pod
oc port-forward --address localhost,10.19.21.23 pod/mypod 8888:5000
# Listen on a random port locally, forwarding to 5000 in the pod
oc port-forward pod/mypod :5000
oc process
Process a template into list of resources
Example usage
# Convert the template.json file into a resource list and pass to create
oc process -f template.json | oc create -f -
# Process a file locally instead of contacting the server
oc process -f template.json --local -o yaml
# Process template while passing a user-defined label
oc process -f template.json -l name=mytemplate
# Convert a stored template into a resource list
oc process foo
# Convert a stored template into a resource list by setting/overriding parameter values
oc process foo PARM1=VALUE1 PARM2=VALUE2
# Convert a template stored in different namespace into a resource list
oc process openshift//foo
# Convert template.json into a resource list
cat template.json | oc process -f -
oc project
Switch to another project
Example usage
# Switch to the 'myapp' project
oc project myapp
# Display the project currently in use
oc project
oc projects
Display existing projects
Example usage
# List all projects
oc projects
oc proxy
Run a proxy to the Kubernetes API server
Example usage
# To proxy all of the Kubernetes API and nothing else
oc proxy --api-prefix=/
# To proxy only part of the Kubernetes API and also some static files
# You can get pods info with 'curl localhost:8001/api/v1/pods'
oc proxy --www=/my/files --www-prefix=/static/ --api-prefix=/api/
# To proxy the entire Kubernetes API at a different root
# You can get pods info with 'curl localhost:8001/custom/api/v1/pods'
oc proxy --api-prefix=/custom/
# Run a proxy to the Kubernetes API server on port 8011, serving static content from ./local/www/
oc proxy --port=8011 --www=./local/www/
# Run a proxy to the Kubernetes API server on an arbitrary local port
# The chosen port for the server will be output to stdout
oc proxy --port=0
# Run a proxy to the Kubernetes API server, changing the API prefix to k8s-api
# This makes e.g. the pods API available at localhost:8001/k8s-api/v1/pods/
oc proxy --api-prefix=/k8s-api
oc registry info
Print information about the integrated registry
Example usage
# Display information about the integrated registry
oc registry info
oc registry login
Log in to the integrated registry
Example usage
# Log in to the integrated registry
oc registry login
# Log in to different registry using BASIC auth credentials
oc registry login --registry quay.io/myregistry --auth-basic=USER:PASS
oc replace
Replace a resource by file name or stdin
Example usage
# Replace a pod using the data in pod.json
oc replace -f ./pod.json
# Replace a pod based on the JSON passed into stdin
cat pod.json | oc replace -f -
# Update a single-container pod's image version (tag) to v4
oc get pod mypod -o yaml | sed 's/\(image: myimage\):.*$/\1:v4/' | oc replace -f -
# Force replace, delete and then re-create the resource
oc replace --force -f ./pod.json
oc rollback
Revert part of an application back to a previous deployment
Example usage
# Perform a rollback to the last successfully completed deployment for a deployment config
oc rollback frontend
# See what a rollback to version 3 will look like, but do not perform the rollback
oc rollback frontend --to-version=3 --dry-run
# Perform a rollback to a specific deployment
oc rollback frontend-2
# Perform the rollback manually by piping the JSON of the new config back to oc
oc rollback frontend -o json | oc replace dc/frontend -f -
# Print the updated deployment configuration in JSON format instead of performing the rollback
oc rollback frontend -o json
oc rollout cancel
Cancel the in-progress deployment
Example usage
# Cancel the in-progress deployment based on 'nginx'
oc rollout cancel dc/nginx
oc rollout history
View rollout history
Example usage
# View the rollout history of a deployment
oc rollout history dc/nginx
# View the details of deployment revision 3
oc rollout history dc/nginx --revision=3
oc rollout latest
Start a new rollout for a deployment config with the latest state from its triggers
Example usage
# Start a new rollout based on the latest images defined in the image change triggers
oc rollout latest dc/nginx
# Print the rolled out deployment config
oc rollout latest dc/nginx -o json
oc rollout pause
Mark the provided resource as paused
Example usage
# Mark the nginx deployment as paused. Any current state of
# the deployment will continue its function, new updates to the deployment will not
# have an effect as long as the deployment is paused
oc rollout pause dc/nginx
oc rollout restart
Restart a resource
Example usage
# Restart a deployment
oc rollout restart deployment/nginx
# Restart a daemon set
oc rollout restart daemonset/abc
# Restart deployments with the app=nginx label
oc rollout restart deployment --selector=app=nginx
oc rollout resume
Resume a paused resource
Example usage
# Resume an already paused deployment
oc rollout resume dc/nginx
oc rollout retry
Retry the latest failed rollout
Example usage
# Retry the latest failed deployment based on 'frontend'
# The deployer pod and any hook pods are deleted for the latest failed deployment
oc rollout retry dc/frontend
oc rollout status
Show the status of the rollout
Example usage
# Watch the status of the latest rollout
oc rollout status dc/nginx
oc rollout undo
Undo a previous rollout
Example usage
# Roll back to the previous deployment
oc rollout undo dc/nginx
# Roll back to deployment revision 3. The replication controller for that version must exist
oc rollout undo dc/nginx --to-revision=3
oc rsh
Start a shell session in a container
Example usage
# Open a shell session on the first container in pod 'foo'
oc rsh foo
# Open a shell session on the first container in pod 'foo' and namespace 'bar'
# (Note that oc client specific arguments must come before the resource name and its arguments)
oc rsh -n bar foo
# Run the command 'cat /etc/resolv.conf' inside pod 'foo'
oc rsh foo cat /etc/resolv.conf
# See the configuration of your internal registry
oc rsh dc/docker-registry cat config.yml
# Open a shell session on the container named 'index' inside a pod of your job
oc rsh -c index job/sheduled
oc rsync
Copy files between a local file system and a pod
Example usage
# Synchronize a local directory with a pod directory
oc rsync ./local/dir/ POD:/remote/dir
# Synchronize a pod directory with a local directory
oc rsync POD:/remote/dir/ ./local/dir
oc run
Run a particular image on the cluster
Example usage
# Start a nginx pod
oc run nginx --image=nginx
# Start a hazelcast pod and let the container expose port 5701
oc run hazelcast --image=hazelcast/hazelcast --port=5701
# Start a hazelcast pod and set environment variables "DNS_DOMAIN=cluster" and "POD_NAMESPACE=default" in the container
oc run hazelcast --image=hazelcast/hazelcast --env="DNS_DOMAIN=cluster" --env="POD_NAMESPACE=default"
# Start a hazelcast pod and set labels "app=hazelcast" and "env=prod" in the container
oc run hazelcast --image=hazelcast/hazelcast --labels="app=hazelcast,env=prod"
# Dry run; print the corresponding API objects without creating them
oc run nginx --image=nginx --dry-run=client
# Start a nginx pod, but overload the spec with a partial set of values parsed from JSON
oc run nginx --image=nginx --overrides='{ "apiVersion": "v1", "spec": { ... } }'
# Start a busybox pod and keep it in the foreground, don't restart it if it exits
oc run -i -t busybox --image=busybox --restart=Never
# Start the nginx pod using the default command, but use custom arguments (arg1 .. argN) for that command
oc run nginx --image=nginx -- <arg1> <arg2> ... <argN>
# Start the nginx pod using a different command and custom arguments
oc run nginx --image=nginx --command -- <cmd> <arg1> ... <argN>
oc scale
Set a new size for a deployment, replica set, or replication controller
Example usage
# Scale a replica set named 'foo' to 3
oc scale --replicas=3 rs/foo
# Scale a resource identified by type and name specified in "foo.yaml" to 3
oc scale --replicas=3 -f foo.yaml
# If the deployment named mysql's current size is 2, scale mysql to 3
oc scale --current-replicas=2 --replicas=3 deployment/mysql
# Scale multiple replication controllers
oc scale --replicas=5 rc/foo rc/bar rc/baz
# Scale stateful set named 'web' to 3
oc scale --replicas=3 statefulset/web
oc secrets link
Link secrets to a service account
Example usage
# Add an image pull secret to a service account to automatically use it for pulling pod images
oc secrets link serviceaccount-name pull-secret --for=pull
# Add an image pull secret to a service account to automatically use it for both pulling and pushing build images
oc secrets link builder builder-image-secret --for=pull,mount
oc secrets unlink
Detach secrets from a service account
Example usage
# Unlink a secret currently associated with a service account
oc secrets unlink serviceaccount-name secret-name another-secret-name ...
oc set build-hook
Update a build hook on a build config
Example usage
# Clear post-commit hook on a build config
oc set build-hook bc/mybuild --post-commit --remove
# Set the post-commit hook to execute a test suite using a new entrypoint
oc set build-hook bc/mybuild --post-commit --command -- /bin/bash -c /var/lib/test-image.sh
# Set the post-commit hook to execute a shell script
oc set build-hook bc/mybuild --post-commit --script="/var/lib/test-image.sh param1 param2 && /var/lib/done.sh"
oc set build-secret
Update a build secret on a build config
Example usage
# Clear the push secret on a build config
oc set build-secret --push --remove bc/mybuild
# Set the pull secret on a build config
oc set build-secret --pull bc/mybuild mysecret
# Set the push and pull secret on a build config
oc set build-secret --push --pull bc/mybuild mysecret
# Set the source secret on a set of build configs matching a selector
oc set build-secret --source -l app=myapp gitsecret
oc set data
Update the data within a config map or secret
Example usage
# Set the 'password' key of a secret
oc set data secret/foo password=this_is_secret
# Remove the 'password' key from a secret
oc set data secret/foo password-
# Update the 'haproxy.conf' key of a config map from a file on disk
oc set data configmap/bar --from-file=../haproxy.conf
# Update a secret with the contents of a directory, one key per file
oc set data secret/foo --from-file=secret-dir
oc set deployment-hook
Update a deployment hook on a deployment config
Example usage
# Clear pre and post hooks on a deployment config
oc set deployment-hook dc/myapp --remove --pre --post
# Set the pre deployment hook to execute a db migration command for an application
# using the data volume from the application
oc set deployment-hook dc/myapp --pre --volumes=data -- /var/lib/migrate-db.sh
# Set a mid deployment hook along with additional environment variables
oc set deployment-hook dc/myapp --mid --volumes=data -e VAR1=value1 -e VAR2=value2 -- /var/lib/prepare-deploy.sh
oc set env
Update environment variables on a pod template
Example usage
# Update deployment config 'myapp' with a new environment variable
oc set env dc/myapp STORAGE_DIR=/local
# List the environment variables defined on a build config 'sample-build'
oc set env bc/sample-build --list
# List the environment variables defined on all pods
oc set env pods --all --list
# Output modified build config in YAML
oc set env bc/sample-build STORAGE_DIR=/data -o yaml
# Update all containers in all replication controllers in the project to have ENV=prod
oc set env rc --all ENV=prod
# Import environment from a secret
oc set env --from=secret/mysecret dc/myapp
# Import environment from a config map with a prefix
oc set env --from=configmap/myconfigmap --prefix=MYSQL_ dc/myapp
# Remove the environment variable ENV from container 'c1' in all deployment configs
oc set env dc --all --containers="c1" ENV-
# Remove the environment variable ENV from a deployment config definition on disk and
# update the deployment config on the server
oc set env -f dc.json ENV-
# Set some of the local shell environment into a deployment config on the server
oc set env | grep RAILS_ | oc env -e - dc/myapp
oc set image
Update the image of a pod template
Example usage
# Set a deployment configs's nginx container image to 'nginx:1.9.1', and its busybox container image to 'busybox'.
oc set image dc/nginx busybox=busybox nginx=nginx:1.9.1
# Set a deployment configs's app container image to the image referenced by the imagestream tag 'openshift/ruby:2.3'.
oc set image dc/myapp app=openshift/ruby:2.3 --source=imagestreamtag
# Update all deployments' and rc's nginx container's image to 'nginx:1.9.1'
oc set image deployments,rc nginx=nginx:1.9.1 --all
# Update image of all containers of daemonset abc to 'nginx:1.9.1'
oc set image daemonset abc *=nginx:1.9.1
# Print result (in yaml format) of updating nginx container image from local file, without hitting the server
oc set image -f path/to/file.yaml nginx=nginx:1.9.1 --local -o yaml
oc set image-lookup
Change how images are resolved when deploying applications
Example usage
# Print all of the image streams and whether they resolve local names
oc set image-lookup
# Use local name lookup on image stream mysql
oc set image-lookup mysql
# Force a deployment to use local name lookup
oc set image-lookup deploy/mysql
# Show the current status of the deployment lookup
oc set image-lookup deploy/mysql --list
# Disable local name lookup on image stream mysql
oc set image-lookup mysql --enabled=false
# Set local name lookup on all image streams
oc set image-lookup --all
oc set probe
Update a probe on a pod template
Example usage
# Clear both readiness and liveness probes off all containers
oc set probe dc/myapp --remove --readiness --liveness
# Set an exec action as a liveness probe to run 'echo ok'
oc set probe dc/myapp --liveness -- echo ok
# Set a readiness probe to try to open a TCP socket on 3306
oc set probe rc/mysql --readiness --open-tcp=3306
# Set an HTTP startup probe for port 8080 and path /healthz over HTTP on the pod IP
oc set probe dc/webapp --startup --get-url=http://:8080/healthz
# Set an HTTP readiness probe for port 8080 and path /healthz over HTTP on the pod IP
oc set probe dc/webapp --readiness --get-url=http://:8080/healthz
# Set an HTTP readiness probe over HTTPS on 127.0.0.1 for a hostNetwork pod
oc set probe dc/router --readiness --get-url=https://127.0.0.1:1936/stats
# Set only the initial-delay-seconds field on all deployments
oc set probe dc --all --readiness --initial-delay-seconds=30
oc set resources
Update resource requests/limits on objects with pod templates
Example usage
# Set a deployments nginx container CPU limits to "200m and memory to 512Mi"
oc set resources deployment nginx -c=nginx --limits=cpu=200m,memory=512Mi
# Set the resource request and limits for all containers in nginx
oc set resources deployment nginx --limits=cpu=200m,memory=512Mi --requests=cpu=100m,memory=256Mi
# Remove the resource requests for resources on containers in nginx
oc set resources deployment nginx --limits=cpu=0,memory=0 --requests=cpu=0,memory=0
# Print the result (in YAML format) of updating nginx container limits locally, without hitting the server
oc set resources -f path/to/file.yaml --limits=cpu=200m,memory=512Mi --local -o yaml
oc set route-backends
Update the backends for a route
Example usage
# Print the backends on the route 'web'
oc set route-backends web
# Set two backend services on route 'web' with 2/3rds of traffic going to 'a'
oc set route-backends web a=2 b=1
# Increase the traffic percentage going to b by 10%% relative to a
oc set route-backends web --adjust b=+10%%
# Set traffic percentage going to b to 10%% of the traffic going to a
oc set route-backends web --adjust b=10%%
# Set weight of b to 10
oc set route-backends web --adjust b=10
# Set the weight to all backends to zero
oc set route-backends web --zero
oc set selector
Set the selector on a resource
Example usage
# Set the labels and selector before creating a deployment/service pair.
oc create service clusterip my-svc --clusterip="None" -o yaml --dry-run | oc set selector --local -f - 'environment=qa' -o yaml | oc create -f -
oc create deployment my-dep -o yaml --dry-run | oc label --local -f - environment=qa -o yaml | oc create -f -
oc set serviceaccount
Update the service account of a resource
Example usage
# Set deployment nginx-deployment's service account to serviceaccount1
oc set serviceaccount deployment nginx-deployment serviceaccount1
# Print the result (in YAML format) of updated nginx deployment with service account from a local file, without hitting the API server
oc set sa -f nginx-deployment.yaml serviceaccount1 --local --dry-run -o yaml
oc set subject
Update the user, group, or service account in a role binding or cluster role binding
Example usage
# Update a cluster role binding for serviceaccount1
oc set subject clusterrolebinding admin --serviceaccount=namespace:serviceaccount1
# Update a role binding for user1, user2, and group1
oc set subject rolebinding admin --user=user1 --user=user2 --group=group1
# Print the result (in YAML format) of updating role binding subjects locally, without hitting the server
oc create rolebinding admin --role=admin --user=admin -o yaml --dry-run | oc set subject --local -f - --user=foo -o yaml
oc set triggers
Update the triggers on one or more objects
Example usage
# Print the triggers on the deployment config 'myapp'
oc set triggers dc/myapp
# Set all triggers to manual
oc set triggers dc/myapp --manual
# Enable all automatic triggers
oc set triggers dc/myapp --auto
# Reset the GitHub webhook on a build to a new, generated secret
oc set triggers bc/webapp --from-github
oc set triggers bc/webapp --from-webhook
# Remove all triggers
oc set triggers bc/webapp --remove-all
# Stop triggering on config change
oc set triggers dc/myapp --from-config --remove
# Add an image trigger to a build config
oc set triggers bc/webapp --from-image=namespace1/image:latest
# Add an image trigger to a stateful set on the main container
oc set triggers statefulset/db --from-image=namespace1/image:latest -c main
oc set volumes
Update volumes on a pod template
Example usage
# List volumes defined on all deployment configs in the current project
oc set volume dc --all
# Add a new empty dir volume to deployment config (dc) 'myapp' mounted under
# /var/lib/myapp
oc set volume dc/myapp --add --mount-path=/var/lib/myapp
# Use an existing persistent volume claim (pvc) to overwrite an existing volume 'v1'
oc set volume dc/myapp --add --name=v1 -t pvc --claim-name=pvc1 --overwrite
# Remove volume 'v1' from deployment config 'myapp'
oc set volume dc/myapp --remove --name=v1
# Create a new persistent volume claim that overwrites an existing volume 'v1'
oc set volume dc/myapp --add --name=v1 -t pvc --claim-size=1G --overwrite
# Change the mount point for volume 'v1' to /data
oc set volume dc/myapp --add --name=v1 -m /data --overwrite
# Modify the deployment config by removing volume mount "v1" from container "c1"
# (and by removing the volume "v1" if no other containers have volume mounts that reference it)
oc set volume dc/myapp --remove --name=v1 --containers=c1
# Add new volume based on a more complex volume source (AWS EBS, GCE PD,
# Ceph, Gluster, NFS, ISCSI, ...)
oc set volume dc/myapp --add -m /data --source=<json-string>
oc start-build
Start a new build
Example usage
# Starts build from build config "hello-world"
oc start-build hello-world
# Starts build from a previous build "hello-world-1"
oc start-build --from-build=hello-world-1
# Use the contents of a directory as build input
oc start-build hello-world --from-dir=src/
# Send the contents of a Git repository to the server from tag 'v2'
oc start-build hello-world --from-repo=../hello-world --commit=v2
# Start a new build for build config "hello-world" and watch the logs until the build
# completes or fails
oc start-build hello-world --follow
# Start a new build for build config "hello-world" and wait until the build completes. It
# exits with a non-zero return code if the build fails
oc start-build hello-world --wait
oc status
Show an overview of the current project
Example usage
# See an overview of the current project
oc status
# Export the overview of the current project in an svg file
oc status -o dot | dot -T svg -o project.svg
# See an overview of the current project including details for any identified issues
oc status --suggest
oc tag
Tag existing images into image streams
Example usage
# Tag the current image for the image stream 'openshift/ruby' and tag '2.0' into the image stream 'yourproject/ruby with tag 'tip'
oc tag openshift/ruby:2.0 yourproject/ruby:tip
# Tag a specific image
oc tag openshift/ruby@sha256:6b646fa6bf5e5e4c7fa41056c27910e679c03ebe7f93e361e6515a9da7e258cc yourproject/ruby:tip
# Tag an external container image
oc tag --source=docker openshift/origin-control-plane:latest yourproject/ruby:tip
# Tag an external container image and request pullthrough for it
oc tag --source=docker openshift/origin-control-plane:latest yourproject/ruby:tip --reference-policy=local
# Tag an external container image and include the full manifest list
oc tag --source=docker openshift/origin-control-plane:latest yourproject/ruby:tip --import-mode=PreserveOriginal
# Remove the specified spec tag from an image stream
oc tag openshift/origin-control-plane:latest -d
oc version
Print the client and server version information
Example usage
# Print the OpenShift client, kube-apiserver, and openshift-apiserver version information for the current context
oc version
# Print the OpenShift client, kube-apiserver, and openshift-apiserver version numbers for the current context
oc version --short
# Print the OpenShift client version information for the current context
oc version --client
oc wait
Experimental: Wait for a specific condition on one or many resources
Example usage
# Wait for the pod "busybox1" to contain the status condition of type "Ready"
oc wait --for=condition=Ready pod/busybox1
# The default value of status condition is true; you can wait for other targets after an equal delimiter (compared after Unicode simple case folding, which is a more general form of case-insensitivity):
oc wait --for=condition=Ready=false pod/busybox1
# Wait for the pod "busybox1" to contain the status phase to be "Running".
oc wait --for=jsonpath='{.status.phase}'=Running pod/busybox1
# Wait for the pod "busybox1" to be deleted, with a timeout of 60s, after having issued the "delete" command
oc delete pod/busybox1
oc wait --for=delete pod/busybox1 --timeout=60s
oc whoami
Return information about the current session
Example usage
# Display the currently authenticated user
oc whoami