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kops — Create, destroy, upgrade, and maintain Kubernetes clusters. More information: <https://kops.sigs.k8s

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Problem

How to use the kops command: Create, destroy, upgrade, and maintain Kubernetes clusters. More information: <https://kops.sigs.k8s.io/cli/kops/>.

Solution

kops — Create, destroy, upgrade, and maintain Kubernetes clusters. More information: <https://kops.sigs.k8s.io/cli/kops/>.

Create a cluster from the configuration specification:

kops create cluster {{[-f|--filename]}} {{cluster_name.yaml}}

Create a new SSH public key:

kops create sshpublickey {{key_name}} {{[-i|--ssh-public-key]}} {{~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub}}

Export the cluster configuration to the ~/.kube/config file:

kops export kubecfg {{cluster_name}}

Get the cluster configuration as YAML:

kops get cluster {{cluster_name}} {{[-o|--output]}} yaml

Delete a cluster:

kops delete cluster {{cluster_name}} {{[-y|--yes]}}

Validate a cluster:

kops validate cluster {{cluster_name}} --wait {{wait_time_until_ready}} --count {{num_required_validations}}

Code Snippets

Create a cluster from the configuration specification

kops create cluster {{[-f|--filename]}} {{cluster_name.yaml}}

Create a new SSH public key

kops create sshpublickey {{key_name}} {{[-i|--ssh-public-key]}} {{~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub}}

Export the cluster configuration to the `~/.kube/config` file

kops export kubecfg {{cluster_name}}

Get the cluster configuration as YAML

kops get cluster {{cluster_name}} {{[-o|--output]}} yaml

Delete a cluster

kops delete cluster {{cluster_name}} {{[-y|--yes]}}

Context

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