OpenShift CLI developer command reference
To learn more about the OpenShift CLI (oc) developer commands, review their descriptions and example 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
Review the commands that developers can use to create, deploy, and manage applications on OpenShift Container Platform clusters.
oc annotate
Update the annotations on a resource
# 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
# 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.iooc api-versions
Print the supported API versions on the server, in the form of "group/version"
# Print the supported API versions
oc api-versionsoc apply
Apply a configuration to a resource by file name or stdin
# 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'
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/ConfigMapoc apply edit-last-applied
Edit latest last-applied-configuration annotations of a resource/object
# 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 jsonoc apply set-last-applied
Set the last-applied-configuration annotation on a live object to match the contents of a file
# 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=trueoc apply view-last-applied
View the latest last-applied-configuration annotations of a resource/object
# 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 jsonoc attach
Attach to a running container
# 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/nginxoc auth can-i
Check whether an action is allowed
# 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 service account "foo" of namespace "dev" can list pods in the namespace "prod"
# You must be allowed to use impersonation for the global option "--as"
oc auth can-i list pods --as=system:serviceaccount:dev:foo -n prod
# 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/
# Check to see if I can approve certificates.k8s.io
oc auth can-i approve certificates.k8s.io
# List all allowed actions in namespace "foo"
oc auth can-i --list --namespace=foooc auth reconcile
Reconciles rules for RBAC role, role binding, cluster role, and cluster role binding objects
# Reconcile RBAC resources from a file
oc auth reconcile -f my-rbac-rules.yamloc auth whoami
Experimental: Check self subject attributes
# Get your subject attributes
oc auth whoami
# Get your subject attributes in JSON format
oc auth whoami -o jsonoc autoscale
Autoscale a deployment config, deployment, replica set, stateful set, or replication controller
# 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=80%
# Auto scale a deployment "bar", with the number of pods between 3 and 6, target average CPU of 500m and memory of 200Mi
oc autoscale deployment bar --min=3 --max=6 --cpu=500m --memory=200Mi
# Auto scale a deployment "bar", with the number of pods between 2 and 8, target CPU utilization 60% and memory utilization 70%
oc autoscale deployment bar --min=3 --max=6 --cpu=60% --memory=70%oc cancel-build
Cancel running, pending, or new builds
# 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=newoc cluster-info
Display cluster information
# Print the address of the control plane and cluster services
oc cluster-infooc cluster-info dump
Dump relevant information for debugging and diagnosis
# 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-stateoc completion
Output shell completion code for the specified shell (bash, zsh, fish, or powershell)
# 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 > $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion.d/oc
# Installing bash completion on Linux
## If bash-completion is not installed on Linux, install the 'bash-completion' package
## via your distribution's package manager.
## Load the oc completion code for bash into the current shell
source <(oc completion bash)
## Write bash completion code to a file and source it from .bash_profile
oc completion bash > ~/.kube/completion.bash.inc
printf "
# oc shell completion
source '$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 >> $PROFILEoc config current-context
Display the current-context
# Display the current-context
oc config current-contextoc config delete-cluster
Delete the specified cluster from the kubeconfig
# Delete the minikube cluster
oc config delete-cluster minikubeoc config delete-context
Delete the specified context from the kubeconfig
# Delete the context for the minikube cluster
oc config delete-context minikubeoc config delete-user
Delete the specified user from the kubeconfig
# Delete the minikube user
oc config delete-user minikubeoc config get-clusters
Display clusters defined in the kubeconfig
# List the clusters that oc knows about
oc config get-clustersoc config get-contexts
Describe one or many contexts
# List all the contexts in your kubeconfig file
oc config get-contexts
# Describe one context in your kubeconfig file
oc config get-contexts my-contextoc config get-users
Display users defined in the kubeconfig
# List the users that oc knows about
oc config get-usersoc config new-admin-kubeconfig
Generate, make the server trust, and display a new admin.kubeconfig
# Generate a new admin kubeconfig
oc config new-admin-kubeconfigoc config new-kubelet-bootstrap-kubeconfig
Generate, make the server trust, and display a new kubelet /etc/kubernetes/kubeconfig
# Generate a new kubelet bootstrap kubeconfig
oc config new-kubelet-bootstrap-kubeconfigoc config refresh-ca-bundle
Update the OpenShift CA bundle by contacting the API server
# Refresh the CA bundle for the current context's cluster
oc config refresh-ca-bundle
# Refresh the CA bundle for the cluster named e2e in your kubeconfig
oc config refresh-ca-bundle e2e
# Print the CA bundle from the current OpenShift cluster's API server
oc config refresh-ca-bundle --dry-runoc config rename-context
Rename a context from the kubeconfig file
# Rename the context 'old-name' to 'new-name' in your kubeconfig file
oc config rename-context old-name new-nameoc config set
Set an individual value in a kubeconfig file
# 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=trueoc config set-cluster
Set a cluster entry in kubeconfig
# 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 the 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 the proxy URL for the e2e cluster entry
oc config set-cluster e2e --proxy-url=https://1.2.3.4oc config set-context
Set a context entry in kubeconfig
# Set the user field on the gce context entry without touching other values
oc config set-context gce --user=cluster-adminoc config set-credentials
Set a user entry in kubeconfig
# 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 arguments
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
# Enable new exec auth plugin for the "cluster-admin" entry with interactive mode
oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-command=/path/to/the/executable --exec-api-version=client.authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1 --exec-interactive-mode=Never
# Define new exec auth plugin arguments 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
# Unset the current-context
oc config unset current-context
# Unset namespace in foo context
oc config unset contexts.foo.namespaceoc config use-context
Set the current-context in a kubeconfig file
# Use the context for the minikube cluster
oc config use-context minikubeoc config view
Display merged kubeconfig settings or a specified kubeconfig file
# Show merged kubeconfig settings
oc config view
# Show merged kubeconfig settings, 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
# !!!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/baroc create
Create a resource from a file or from stdin
# 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 jsonoc create build
Create a new build
# Create a new build
oc create build myappoc create clusterresourcequota
Create a cluster resource quota
# Create a cluster resource quota limited to 10 pods
oc create clusterresourcequota limit-bob --project-annotation-selector=openshift.io/requester=user-bob --hard=pods=10oc create clusterrole
Create a cluster role
# 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
# 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=group1oc create configmap
Create a config map from a local file, directory or literal value
# 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.envoc create cronjob
Create a cron job with the specified name
# 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 * * * *" -- dateoc create deployment
Create a deployment with the specified name
# 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
# Create a deployment named my-dep that runs multiple containers
oc create deployment my-dep --image=busybox:latest --image=ubuntu:latest --image=nginxoc create deploymentconfig
Create a deployment config with default options that uses a given image
# Create an nginx deployment config named my-nginx
oc create deploymentconfig my-nginx --image=nginxoc create identity
Manually create an identity (only needed if automatic creation is disabled)
# Create an identity with identity provider "acme_ldap" and the identity provider username "adamjones"
oc create identity acme_ldap:adamjonesoc create imagestream
Create a new empty image stream
# Create a new image stream
oc create imagestream mysqloc create imagestreamtag
Create a new image stream tag
# 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:5.0oc create ingress
Create an ingress with the specified name
# 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
# 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-cronjoboc create namespace
Create a namespace with the specified name
# Create a new namespace named my-namespace
oc create namespace my-namespaceoc create poddisruptionbudget
Create a pod disruption budget with the specified name
# 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
# 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
# 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=BestEffortoc create role
Create a role with single rule
# 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/statusoc create rolebinding
Create a role binding for a particular role or cluster role
# 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
# Create a role binding for service account monitoring:sa-dev using the admin role
oc create rolebinding admin-binding --role=admin --serviceaccount=monitoring:sa-devoc create route edge
Create a route that uses edge TLS termination
# 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 /assetsoc create route passthrough
Create a route that uses passthrough TLS termination
# 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.comoc create route reencrypt
Create a route that uses reencrypt TLS termination
# 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=frontendoc create secret docker-registry
Create a secret for use with a Docker registry
# If you do not already have a .dockercfg file, create a dockercfg secret directly
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=path/to/.docker/config.jsonoc create secret generic
Create a secret from a local file, directory, or literal value
# 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.envoc create secret tls
Create a TLS secret
# Create a new TLS secret named tls-secret with the given key pair
oc create secret tls tls-secret --cert=path/to/tls.crt --key=path/to/tls.keyoc create service clusterip
Create a ClusterIP service
# 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
# Create a new ExternalName service named my-ns
oc create service externalname my-ns --external-name bar.comoc create service loadbalancer
Create a LoadBalancer service
# Create a new LoadBalancer service named my-lbs
oc create service loadbalancer my-lbs --tcp=5678:8080oc create service nodeport
Create a NodePort service
# Create a new NodePort service named my-ns
oc create service nodeport my-ns --tcp=5678:8080oc create serviceaccount
Create a service account with the specified name
# Create a new service account named my-service-account
oc create serviceaccount my-service-accountoc create token
Request a service account token
# 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-a832-355f77ee47ccoc create user
Manually create a user (only needed if automatic creation is disabled)
# 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
# Map the identity "acme_ldap:adamjones" to the user "ajones"
oc create useridentitymapping acme_ldap:adamjones ajonesoc debug
Launch a new instance of a pod for debugging
# 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
# Debug a Windows node
# Note: the chosen image must match the Windows Server version (2019, 2022) of the node
oc debug node/win-worker-1 --image=mcr.microsoft.com/powershell:lts-nanoserver-ltsc2022
# 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 testnsoc delete
Delete resources by file names, stdin, resources and names, or by resources and label selector
# 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'
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
# Delete all pods only if the user confirms the deletion
oc delete pods --all --interactiveoc describe
Show details of a specific resource or group of resources
# 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 pods -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 frontendoc diff
Diff the live version against a would-be applied version
# 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
# 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 'status' subresource for the 'mydeployment' deployment
oc edit deployment mydeployment --subresource='status'oc events
List events
# 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 YAML format
oc events -oyaml
# List recent only events of type 'Warning' or 'Normal'
oc events --types=Warning,Normaloc exec
Execute a command in a container
# 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 -- dateoc explain
Get documentation for a resource
# Get the documentation of the resource and its fields
oc explain pods
# Get all the fields in the resource
oc explain pods --recursive
# Get the explanation for deployment in supported api versions
oc explain deployments --api-version=apps/v1
# Get the documentation of a specific field of a resource
oc explain pods.spec.containers
# Get the documentation of resources in different format
oc explain deployment --output=plaintext-openapiv2oc expose
Expose a replicated application as a service or route
# 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=/nginxoc extract
Extract secrets or config maps to disk
# 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.confoc get
Display one or many resources
# 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 the 'status' subresource for a single pod
oc get pod web-pod-13je7 --subresource status
# List all deployments in namespace 'backend'
oc get deployments.apps --namespace backend
# List all pods existing in all namespaces
oc get pods --all-namespacesoc get-token
Experimental: Get token from external OIDC issuer as credentials exec plugin
# Starts an auth code flow to the issuer URL with the client ID and the given extra scopes
oc get-token --client-id=client-id --issuer-url=test.issuer.url --extra-scopes=email,profile
# Starts an auth code flow to the issuer URL with a different callback address
oc get-token --client-id=client-id --issuer-url=test.issuer.url --callback-address=127.0.0.1:8343oc idle
Idle scalable resources
# Idle the scalable controllers associated with the services listed in to-idle.txt
$ oc idle --resource-names-file to-idle.txtoc image append
Add layers to images and push them to a registry
# 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: The first image in the manifest list that matches the filter will be returned when --keep-manifest-list is not specified
oc image append --from docker.io/library/busybox:latest --filter-by-os=linux/s390x --to myregistry.com/myimage:latest layer.tar.gz
# Add a new layer to a multi-architecture image for all the os/arch manifests when keep-manifest-list is specified
oc image append --from docker.io/library/busybox:latest --keep-manifest-list --to myregistry.com/myimage:latest layer.tar.gz
# Add a new layer to a multi-architecture image for all the os/arch manifests that is specified by the filter, while preserving the manifestlist
oc image append --from docker.io/library/busybox:latest --filter-by-os=linux/s390x --keep-manifest-list --to myregistry.com/myimage:latest layer.tar.gzoc image extract
Copy files from an image to the file system
# 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
# 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/arm64oc image mirror
Mirror images from one repository to another
# 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=.*
# 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 the target registry may reject a manifest list if the platform specific images do not all exist
# You must use a registry with sparse registry support enabled
oc image mirror myregistry.com/myimage:latest=myregistry.com/other:test \
--filter-by-os=linux/386 \
--keep-manifest-list=trueoc import-image
Import images from a container image registry
# 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 that 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 --confirmoc kustomize
Build a kustomization target from a directory or URL
# 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=v1.0.6oc label
Update the labels on a resource
# 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
# 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
# Log in to the given server through a browser
oc login localhost:8443 --web --callback-port 8280
# Log in to the given server through a browser without opening it automatically (print URL only)
oc login localhost:8443 --web --auto-open-browser=false --callback-port 8280
# Log in to the external OIDC issuer through Auth Code + PKCE by starting a local server listening on port 8080
oc login localhost:8443 --exec-plugin=oc-oidc --client-id=client-id --extra-scopes=email,profile --callback-port=8080oc logout
End the current server session
# Log out
oc logoutoc logs
Print the logs for a container in a pod
# 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-containeroc new-app
Create a new application
# 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
# Use an image with the full manifest list to create an app and override application artifacts' names
oc new-app --image=myregistry.com/mycompany/image --name=private --import-mode=PreserveOriginal
# 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=yamloc new-build
Create a new build configuration
# 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 using an image with the full manifest list to create an app and override application artifacts' names
oc new-build --image=myregistry.com/mycompany/image --name=private --import-mode=PreserveOriginal
# 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:tmpoc new-project
Request a new project
# 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)
# 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 services -l regist-dns=true --template '{ .spec.clusterIP }' -- register_dns.shoc patch
Update fields of a resource
# 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
Provides utilities for interacting with plugins
# List all available plugins
oc plugin list
# List only binary names of available plugins without paths
oc plugin list --name-onlyoc plugin list
List all visible plugin executables on a user’s PATH
# List all available plugins
oc plugin list
# List only binary names of available plugins without paths
oc plugin list --name-onlyoc policy add-role-to-user
Add a role to users or service accounts for the current project
# 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 serviceaccount1oc policy scc-review
Check which service account can create a pod
# 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.yamloc policy scc-subject-review
Check whether a user or a service account can create a pod
# 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.yamloc port-forward
Forward one or more local ports to a pod
# 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 :5000oc process
Process a template into list of resources
# 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
# Switch to the 'myapp' project
oc project myapp
# Display the project currently in use
oc projectoc projects
Display existing projects
# List all projects
oc projectsoc proxy
Run a proxy to the Kubernetes API server
# 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-apioc registry login
Log in to the integrated registry
# 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:PASSoc replace
Replace a resource by file name or stdin
# 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.jsonoc rollback
Revert part of an application back to a previous deployment
# 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 jsonoc rollout
Manage the rollout of a resource
# Roll back to the previous deployment
oc rollout undo deployment/abc
# Check the rollout status of a daemonset
oc rollout status daemonset/foo
# Restart a deployment
oc rollout restart deployment/abc
# Restart deployments with the 'app=nginx' label
oc rollout restart deployment --selector=app=nginxoc rollout cancel
Cancel the in-progress deployment
# Cancel the in-progress deployment based on 'nginx'
oc rollout cancel dc/nginxoc rollout history
View rollout history
# View the rollout history of a deployment
oc rollout history deployment/abc
# View the details of daemonset revision 3
oc rollout history daemonset/abc --revision=3oc rollout latest
Start a new rollout for a deployment config with the latest state from its triggers
# 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 jsonoc rollout pause
Mark the provided resource as paused
# 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 deployment/nginxoc rollout restart
Restart a resource
# Restart all deployments in the test-namespace namespace
oc rollout restart deployment -n test-namespace
# 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=nginxoc rollout resume
Resume a paused resource
# Resume an already paused deployment
oc rollout resume deployment/nginxoc rollout retry
Retry the latest failed rollout
# 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/frontendoc rollout status
Show the status of the rollout
# Watch the rollout status of a deployment
oc rollout status deployment/nginxoc rollout undo
Undo a previous rollout
# Roll back to the previous deployment
oc rollout undo deployment/abc
# Roll back to daemonset revision 3
oc rollout undo daemonset/abc --to-revision=3
# Roll back to the previous deployment with dry-run
oc rollout undo --dry-run=server deployment/abcoc rsh
Start a shell session in a container
# 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/scheduledoc rsync
Copy files between a local file system and a pod
# 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/diroc run
Run a particular image on the cluster
# 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
# 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/example1 rc/example2 rc/example3
# Scale stateful set named 'web' to 3
oc scale --replicas=3 statefulset/weboc secrets link
Link secrets to a service account
# 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,mountoc secrets unlink
Detach secrets from a service account
# 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
# 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
# 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 gitsecretoc set data
Update the data within a config map or secret
# 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-diroc set deployment-hook
Update a deployment hook on a deployment config
# 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.shoc set env
Update environment variables on a pod template
# 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/myappoc set image
Update the image of a pod template
# Set a deployment config'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 config'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 yamloc set image-lookup
Change how images are resolved when deploying applications
# 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 --alloc set probe
Update a probe on a pod template
# 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=30oc set resources
Update resource requests/limits on objects with pod templates
# 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 yamloc set route-backends
Update the backends for a route
# 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 --zerooc set selector
Set the selector on a resource
# 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
# 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 yamloc set subject
Update the user, group, or service account in a role binding or cluster role binding
# 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 yamloc set triggers
Update the triggers on one or more objects
# 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 mainoc set volumes
Update volumes on a pod template
# 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
# 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 --waitoc status
Show an overview of the current project
# 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 --suggestoc tag
Tag existing images into image streams
# 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 -doc version
Print the client and server version information
# 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 in JSON format
oc version --output json
# Print the OpenShift client version information for the current context
oc version --clientoc wait
Wait for a specific condition on one or many resources
# 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 pod "busybox1" to be Ready
oc wait --for='jsonpath={.status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].status}=True' pod/busybox1
# Wait for the service "loadbalancer" to have ingress
oc wait --for=jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress}' service/loadbalancer
# Wait for the secret "busybox1" to be created, with a timeout of 30s
oc create secret generic busybox1
oc wait --for=create secret/busybox1 --timeout=30s
# 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=60soc whoami
Return information about the current session
# Display the currently authenticated user
oc whoami