annotate
- Usage
- Flags

annotate

Update pod ‘foo’ with the annotation ‘description’ and the value ‘my frontend’ # If the same annotation is set multiple times, only the last value will be applied

kubectl annotate pods foo description='my frontend'

Update a pod identified by type and name in “pod.json”

kubectl annotate -f pod.json description='my frontend'

Update pod ‘foo’ with the annotation ‘description’ and the value ‘my frontend running nginx’, overwriting any existing value

kubectl annotate --overwrite pods foo description='my frontend running nginx'

Update all pods in the namespace

kubectl annotate pods --all description='my frontend running nginx'

Update pod ‘foo’ only if the resource is unchanged from version 1

kubectl annotate pods foo description='my frontend running nginx' --resource-version=1

Update pod ‘foo’ by removing an annotation named ‘description’ if it exists # Does not require the —overwrite flag

kubectl annotate pods foo description-

Update the annotations on one or more resources.

All Kubernetes objects support the ability to store additional data with the object as annotations. Annotations are key/value pairs that can be larger than labels and include arbitrary string values such as structured JSON. Tools and system extensions may use annotations to store their own data.

Attempting to set an annotation that already exists will fail unless —overwrite is set. If —resource-version is specified and does not match the current resource version on the server the command will fail.

Use “kubectl api-resources” for a complete list of supported resources.

Usage

$ kubectl annotate [--overwrite] (-f FILENAME | TYPE NAME) KEY_1=VAL_1 ... KEY_N=VAL_N [--resource-version=version]

Flags

Name	Shorthand	Default	Usage
all		false	Select all resources, including uninitialized ones, in the namespace of the specified resource types.
all-namespaces	A	false	If true, check the specified action in all namespaces.
allow-missing-template-keys		true	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.
dry-run		none	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.
field-manager		kubectl-annotate	Name of the manager used to track field ownership.
field-selector			Selector (field query) to filter on, supports ‘=’, ‘==’, and ‘!=’.(e.g. —field-selector key1=value1,key2=value2). The server only supports a limited number of field queries per type.
filename	f	[]	Filename, directory, or URL to files identifying the resource to update the annotation
kustomize	k		Process the kustomization directory. This flag can’t be used together with -f or -R.
list		false	If true, display the annotations for a given resource.
local		false	If true, annotation will NOT contact api-server but run locally.
output	o		Output format. One of: json\|yaml\|name\|go-template\|go-template-file\|template\|templatefile\|jsonpath\|jsonpath-as-json\|jsonpath-file.
overwrite		false	If true, allow annotations to be overwritten, otherwise reject annotation updates that overwrite existing annotations.
record		false	Record current kubectl command in the resource annotation. If set to false, do not record the command. If set to true, record the command. If not set, default to updating the existing annotation value only if one already exists.
recursive	R	false	Process the directory used in -f, —filename recursively. Useful when you want to manage related manifests organized within the same directory.
resource-version			If non-empty, the annotation update will only succeed if this is the current resource-version for the object. Only valid when specifying a single resource.
selector	l		Selector (label query) to filter on, not including uninitialized ones, supports ‘=’, ‘==’, and ‘!=’.(e.g. -l key1=value1,key2=value2).
show-managed-fields		false	If true, keep the managedFields when printing objects in JSON or YAML format.
template			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].