kubectl-scale.1

.TH "KUBERNETES" "1" " kubernetes User Manuals" "Eric Paris" "Jan 2015"  ""


.SH NAME
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kubectl scale \- Set a new size for a Replication Controller, Job, or Deployment.


.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBkubectl scale\fP [OPTIONS]


.SH DESCRIPTION
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Set a new size for a Replication Controller, Job, or Deployment.

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Scale also allows users to specify one or more preconditions for the scale action.
If \-\-current\-replicas or \-\-resource\-version is specified, it is validated before the
scale is attempted, and it is guaranteed that the precondition holds true when the
scale is sent to the server.


.SH OPTIONS
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\fB\-\-current\-replicas\fP=\-1
    Precondition for current size. Requires that the current size of the resource match this value in order to scale.

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\fB\-f\fP, \fB\-\-filename\fP=[]
    Filename, directory, or URL to a file identifying the resource to set a new size

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\fB\-o\fP, \fB\-\-output\fP=""
    Output mode. Use "\-o name" for shorter output (resource/name).

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\fB\-\-record\fP=false
    Record current kubectl command in the resource annotation.

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\fB\-\-replicas\fP=\-1
    The new desired number of replicas. Required.

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\fB\-\-resource\-version\fP=""
    Precondition for resource version. Requires that the current resource version match this value in order to scale.

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\fB\-\-timeout\fP=0
    The length of time to wait before giving up on a scale operation, zero means don't wait.


.SH OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
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\fB\-\-alsologtostderr\fP=false
    log to standard error as well as files

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\fB\-\-api\-version\fP=""
    The API version to use when talking to the server

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\fB\-\-certificate\-authority\fP=""
    Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.

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\fB\-\-client\-certificate\fP=""
    Path to a client certificate file for TLS.

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\fB\-\-client\-key\fP=""
    Path to a client key file for TLS.

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\fB\-\-cluster\fP=""
    The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use

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\fB\-\-context\fP=""
    The name of the kubeconfig context to use

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\fB\-\-insecure\-skip\-tls\-verify\fP=false
    If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure.

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\fB\-\-kubeconfig\fP=""
    Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.

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\fB\-\-log\-backtrace\-at\fP=:0
    when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace

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\fB\-\-log\-dir\fP=""
    If non\-empty, write log files in this directory

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\fB\-\-log\-flush\-frequency\fP=5s
    Maximum number of seconds between log flushes

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\fB\-\-logtostderr\fP=true
    log to standard error instead of files

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\fB\-\-match\-server\-version\fP=false
    Require server version to match client version

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\fB\-\-namespace\fP=""
    If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.

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\fB\-\-password\fP=""
    Password for basic authentication to the API server.

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\fB\-s\fP, \fB\-\-server\fP=""
    The address and port of the Kubernetes API server

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\fB\-\-stderrthreshold\fP=2
    logs at or above this threshold go to stderr

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\fB\-\-token\fP=""
    Bearer token for authentication to the API server.

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\fB\-\-user\fP=""
    The name of the kubeconfig user to use

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\fB\-\-username\fP=""
    Username for basic authentication to the API server.

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\fB\-\-v\fP=0
    log level for V logs

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\fB\-\-vmodule\fP=
    comma\-separated list of pattern=N settings for file\-filtered logging


.SH EXAMPLE
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.RS

.nf
# Scale replication controller named 'foo' to 3.
$ kubectl scale \-\-replicas=3 rc/foo

# Scale a resource identified by type and name specified in "foo.yaml" to 3.
$ kubectl scale \-\-replicas=3 \-f foo.yaml

# If the deployment named mysql's current size is 2, scale mysql to 3.
$ kubectl scale \-\-current\-replicas=2 \-\-replicas=3 deployment/mysql

# Scale multiple replication controllers.
$ kubectl scale \-\-replicas=5 rc/foo rc/bar rc/baz

# Scale job named 'cron' to 3.
$ kubectl scale \-\-replicas=3 job/cron

.fi
.RE


.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBkubectl(1)\fP,


.SH HISTORY
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January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have been automatically generated since!