deployment

The describe deployment command retrieves detailed information about a specific Deployment in the Kubernetes cluster. This includes metadata, replica status, rollout history, update strategy, and associated pods.

Usage

cldkctl describe deployment [name] [flags]

Steps

Follow the steps below to run and view the result of this command:

1. Run the following command in your terminal:

./cldkctl describe deployment [name] 

1. Replace [name] with the Deployment name you want to inspect.

2. To view the resource name, refer to the corresponding get deployment section.

3. If the resource is located in a non-default namespace, include the -n or --namespace flag followed by the namespace name.

./cldkctl describe [resource] [name] -n [namespace]

1. Once completed successfully, the detailed information about the specified Deployment will appear in your terminal. The output includes metadata, specifications, container configurations, update strategy, and rollout status.

The following table describes the additional fields specific to the Deployment resource.

Column	Description
spec.replicas	The desired number of pod replicas for the Deployment.
spec.selector	Defines the label selector used to identify the pods managed by the Deployment.
spec.template	Describes the pod template used to create pods for this Deployment.
spec.template.spec.containers	Lists the containers that will be deployed as part of this Deployment.
spec.template.spec.containers.name	The name of the container.
spec.template.spec.containers.image	The container image used by the Deployment.
spec.strategy	Defines the strategy used to replace old pods with new ones during updates.
spec.strategy.type	The type of deployment strategy.
spec.strategy.rollingUpdate	Contains parameters controlling the rolling update process.
status.replicas	The total number of pods created by the Deployment.
status.updatedReplicas	The number of pods updated to the latest version of the Deployment.
status.unavailableReplicas	The number of pods that are not yet available.
status.conditions	Indicates the current conditions of the Deployment.
status.conditions.message	Provides additional information about the current Deployment state or issues.

Flags

1. This command supports global flags. Refer to the Global Flags section for details.

2. For common metadata fields, refer to the Common Output Fields table at the beginning of this section.

Flag	Description
-h, --help	Help for describe deployment command.