kustomize

Using kustomization.yaml

Print a set of API resources generated from instructions in a kustomization.yaml file.

The argument must be the path to the directory containing the file, or a git repository URL with a path suffix specifying same with respect to the repository root.

Command

$ kubectl kustomize <dir>

Example

Input File

# deployment.yaml apiVersion: apps/v1 kind: Deployment metadata:  name: the-deployment spec:  replicas: 5  template:  containers:  - name: the-container  image: registry/container:latest 
# kustomization.yaml apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1 kind: Kustomization  nameSuffix: -dev  resources: - deployment.yaml

Command

// deployment.yaml and kustomization.yaml are in the same directory $ kubectl kustomize

Output

apiVersion: apps/v1 kind: Deployment metadata:  name: the-deployment-dev spec:  replicas: 5  template:  containers:  - image: registry/container:latest  name: the-container

Last modified November 1, 2022: Fix repeated typo in documentation examples (8421bbf)