% podman-kube-apply 1

## NAME
podman-kube-apply - Apply Kubernetes YAML based on containers, pods, or volumes to a Kubernetes cluster

## SYNOPSIS
**podman kube apply** [*options*] [*container...* | *pod...* | *volume...*]

## DESCRIPTION
**podman kube apply** deploys a podman container, pod, or volume to a Kubernetes cluster. Use the `--file` option to deploy a Kubernetes YAML (v1 specification) to a Kubernetes cluster as well.

Note that the Kubernetes YAML file can be used to run the deployment in Podman via podman-play-kube(1).

## OPTIONS

#### **--ca-cert-file**=*ca cert file path | "insecure"*

The path to the CA cert file for the Kubernetes cluster. Usually the kubeconfig has the CA cert file data and `generate kube` automatically picks that up if it is available in the kubeconfig. If no CA cert file data is available, set this to `insecure` to bypass the certificate verification.

#### **--file**, **-f**=*kube yaml filepath*

Path to the kubernetes yaml file to deploy onto the kubernetes cluster. This file can be generated using the `podman kube generate` command. The input may be in the form of a yaml file, or stdin. For stdin, use `--file=-`.

#### **--kubeconfig**, **-k**=*kubeconfig filepath*

Path to the kubeconfig file to be used when deploying the generated kube yaml to the Kubernetes cluster. The environment variable `KUBECONFIG` can be used to set the path for the kubeconfig file as well.
Note: A kubeconfig can have multiple cluster configurations, but `kube generate` always picks the first cluster configuration in the given kubeconfig.

#### **--ns**=*namespace*

The namespace or project to deploy the workloads of the generated kube yaml to in the Kubernetes cluster.

#### **--service**, **-s**

Used to create a service for the corresponding container or pod being deployed to the cluster. In particular, if the container or pod has portmap bindings, the service specification includes a NodePort declaration to expose the service. A random port is assigned by Podman in the service specification that is deployed to the cluster.

## EXAMPLES

Apply a podman volume and container to the "default" namespace in a Kubernetes cluster.
```
$ podman kube apply --kubeconfig /tmp/kubeconfig myvol vol-test-1
Deploying to cluster...
Successfully deployed workloads to cluster!
$ kubectl get pods
NAME             READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
vol-test-1-pod   1/1     Running   0          9m
```

Apply a Kubernetes YAML file to the "default" namespace in a Kubernetes cluster.
```
$ podman kube apply --kubeconfig /tmp/kubeconfig -f vol.yaml
Deploying to cluster...
Successfully deployed workloads to cluster!
$ kubectl get pods
NAME             READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
vol-test-2-pod   1/1     Running   0          9m
```

Apply a Kubernetes YAML file to the "test1" namespace in a Kubernetes cluster.
```
$ podman kube apply --kubeconfig /tmp/kubeconfig --ns test1 vol-test-3
Deploying to cluster...
Successfully deployed workloads to cluster!
$ kubectl get pods --namespace test1
NAME             READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
vol-test-3-pod   1/1     Running   0          9m

```

## SEE ALSO
**[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**, **[podman-container(1)](podman-container.1.md)**, **[podman-pod(1)](podman-pod.1.md)**, **[podman-kube-play(1)](podman-kube-play.1.md)**, **[podman-kube-generate(1)](podman-kube-generate.1.md)**

## HISTORY
September 2022, Originally compiled by Urvashi Mohnani (umohnani at redhat dot com)