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datumctl create

Create a resource from a file or from stdin

Create a resource from a file or from stdin.

JSON and YAML formats are accepted.

datumctl create -f FILENAME
# Create a pod using the data in pod.json
kubectl create -f ./pod.json
# Create a pod based on the JSON passed into stdin
cat pod.json | kubectl create -f -
# Edit the data in registry.yaml in JSON then create the resource using the edited data
kubectl create -f registry.yaml --edit -o json
--allow-missing-template-keys If true, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is missing in the template. Only applies to golang and jsonpath output formats. (default true)
--dry-run string[="unchanged"] Must be "none", "server", or "client". If client strategy, only print the object that would be sent, without sending it. If server strategy, submit server-side request without persisting the resource. (default "none")
--edit Edit the API resource before creating
--field-manager string Name of the manager used to track field ownership. (default "kubectl-create")
-f, --filename strings Filename, directory, or URL to files to use to create the resource
-h, --help help for create
-k, --kustomize string Process the kustomization directory. This flag can't be used together with -f or -R.
-o, --output string Output format. One of: (json, yaml, kyaml, name, go-template, go-template-file, template, templatefile, jsonpath, jsonpath-as-json, jsonpath-file).
--raw string Raw URI to POST to the server. Uses the transport specified by the kubeconfig file.
-R, --recursive Process the directory used in -f, --filename recursively. Useful when you want to manage related manifests organized within the same directory.
--save-config If true, the configuration of current object will be saved in its annotation. Otherwise, the annotation will be unchanged. This flag is useful when you want to perform kubectl apply on this object in the future.
-l, --selector string Selector (label query) to filter on, supports '=', '==', '!=', 'in', 'notin'.(e.g. -l key1=value1,key2=value2,key3 in (value3)). Matching objects must satisfy all of the specified label constraints.
--show-managed-fields If true, keep the managedFields when printing objects in JSON or YAML format.
--template string Template string or path to template file to use when -o=go-template, -o=go-template-file. The template format is golang templates [http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview].
--validate string[="strict"] Must be one of: strict (or true), warn, ignore (or false). "true" or "strict" will use a schema to validate the input and fail the request if invalid. It will perform server side validation if ServerSideFieldValidation is enabled on the api-server, but will fall back to less reliable client-side validation if not. "warn" will warn about unknown or duplicate fields without blocking the request if server-side field validation is enabled on the API server, and behave as "ignore" otherwise. "false" or "ignore" will not perform any schema validation, silently dropping any unknown or duplicate fields. (default "strict")
--windows-line-endings Only relevant if --edit=true. Defaults to the line ending native to your platform.
--as string Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.
--as-group stringArray Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.
--as-uid string UID to impersonate for the operation.
--as-user-extra stringArray User extras to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple values for the same key.
--certificate-authority string Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
--disable-compression If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server
--insecure-skip-tls-verify If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
--log-flush-frequency duration Maximum number of seconds between log flushes (default 5s)
-n, --namespace string If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
--organization string organization name
--platform-wide access the platform root instead of a project or organization control plane
--project string project name
--request-timeout string The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests. (default "0")
-s, --server string The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--tls-server-name string Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used
--token string Bearer token for authentication to the API server
--user string The name of the kubeconfig user to use
-v, --v Level number for the log level verbosity
--vmodule moduleSpec comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging (only works for the default text log format)
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