Is anyone familiar with a way to specify the *pod* name (in the metadata block) . . .

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#1

Rod Stewart:
Is anyone familiar with a way to specify the pod name (in the metadata block) via kubectl?

#2

Andrey Dudin:

metadata:
  name: %PODNAME%

what a problem?

#3

Rod Stewart:
Understood, but how do you specify that via kubectl on the command line?

#4

Andrey Dudin:
kubectl run %PODNAME% --image nginx

#5

Andrey Dudin:

Usage:
  kubectl run NAME --image=image [--env="key=value"] [--port=port] [--dry-run=server|client] [--overrides=inline-json]
[--command] -- [COMMAND] [args...] [options]
#6

Rod Stewart:
Sorry, let me rephrase the question. Is there a way via kubectl to specify a different name for the Pod and Container?

#7

Rod Stewart:
Ah, i figured it out, thanks!

kubectl run nginx --image=nginx --generator=run-pod/v1 --dry-run -o yaml --limits cpu=10m,memory=10Mi --requests cpu=2m,memory=2Mi --labels=env=dev --labels=billing=finance --overrides=‘{“metadata”: {“name”: “cname”}}’

apiVersion: v1
kind: Pod
metadata:
creationTimestamp: null
labels:
billing: finance
name: cname
spec:
containers:

  • image: nginx
    name: nginx
    resources:
    limits:
    cpu: 10m
    memory: 10Mi
    requests:
    cpu: 2m
    memory: 2Mi
    dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst
    restartPolicy: Always
    status: {}