podman-kube(1)

💅 podman-kube — the manual page, but make it cute ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to podman-kube(1) 💖 this is the glow-up version of the man page, same facts, way more fun. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

podman-kube — play containers, pods or volumes based on a structured input file 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

podman kube subcommand

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so the kube command recreates containers, pods or volumes based on the input from a structured (like YAML) file input. and the containers? they're automatically started. no extra steps, no drama, it just goes 👑

Note: the kube commands in podman are lowkey focused on making it easier to move containers from podman to a Kubernetes environment and from a Kubernetes environment back to podman. that's the whole vibe. podman is not replicating the kubectl CLI, bestie, so don't come for it. once containers are deployed to a Kubernetes cluster from podman, please use kubectl to manage the workloads in the cluster. that's the assignment, that's the rule 🫶

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🌸 COMMANDS 🌸

here's the whole squad, one bullet per command so nothing gets lost:

• apply — podman-kube-apply(1) — Apply Kubernetes YAML based on containers, pods, or volumes to a Kubernetes cluster ✨
• down — podman-kube-down(1) — Remove containers and pods based on Kubernetes YAML. 💅
• generate — podman-kube-generate(1) — Generate Kubernetes YAML based on containers, pods or volumes. 🎀
• play — podman-kube-play(1) — Create containers, pods and volumes based on Kubernetes YAML. 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read these next, iykyk, they're iconic:

podman(1), podman-pod(1), podman-container(1), podman-kube-play(1), podman-kube-down(1), podman-kube-generate(1), podman-kube-apply(1)

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🧚 HISTORY 🧚

December 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude (bbaude at redhat dot com) — shoutout to the original author, no cap 🌈

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this little cutie lives in the manual as podman-kube(1) 💖 thanks for reading, ily, go play some containers 🦋✨