OC-ADM-REBOOT-MACHINE-CONFIG-POOL(1)
π¦ oc adm reboot-machine-config-pool(1) β the "pls restart ur pool bestie" command
okay so real quick, this page lives in the OC ADM(1) manual section β yes that's the OpenShift CLI user manuals family, we love a nepo-baby command that's part of a bigger fam π
β¨ NAME β¨
oc adm reboot-machine-config-pool β initiate a reboot of the MachineConfigPool you specify. that's it, that's the whole vibe. π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
oc adm reboot-machine-config-pool [OPTIONS]
π DESCRIPTION π
So basically you reboot the machine config pool of your choosing, and the way it does that is by modifying an appropriate MachineConfig. lowkey iconic behavior fr.
β οΈ Heads up bestie: it does not wait for the reboot to finish β it only initiates it. so don't sit there refreshing like π it's already done its job.
This command will honor paused pools. periodt.
Also: Degraded, failed, or otherwise not healthy nodes will not restart. like, it's not gonna touch the messy ones, it has standards π .
Experimental: this command is under active development and may change without notice. so likeβ¦ enjoy the ride, don't get attached to anything π
π OPTIONS π
--allow-missing-template-keys=trueβ if true, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is missing in the template. only applies togolangandjsonpathoutput formats, no cap.--dry-run=falseβ set totrueto use server-side dry run. little test run, no commitment π«Ά-f,--filename=[]β identifying the resource.-o,--output=""β output format. one of: (json,yaml,kyaml,name,go-template,go-template-file,template,templatefile,jsonpath,jsonpath-as-json,jsonpath-file). pick ur fighter β¨-R,--recursive=trueβ process the directory used in-f,--filenamerecursively. super useful when you wanna manage related manifests organized within the same directory β one folder, whole squad, iykyk π--show-managed-fields=falseβ if true, keep themanagedFieldswhen printing objects in JSON or YAML format.--template=""β 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].
π OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS π
like, these are the family traits, not this command's own β¨
--as=""β username to impersonate for the operation. user could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.--as-group=[]β group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.--as-uid=""β UID to impersonate for the operation.--as-user-extra=[]β user extras to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple values for the same key.--cache-dir="/homeless-shelter/.kube/cache"β default cache directory. yes that really is the path, don't come for me π--certificate-authority=""β path to a cert file for the certificate authority.--client-certificate=""β path to a client certificate file for TLS.--client-key=""β path to a client key file for TLS.--cluster=""β the name of the kubeconfig cluster to use.--context=""β the name of the kubeconfig context to use.--disable-compression=falseβ if true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server.--insecure-skip-tls-verify=falseβ if true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. this will make your HTTPS connections insecure π¨ like actually, be careful.--kubeconfig=""β path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.--kuberc=""β path to the kuberc file to use for preferences. this can be disabled by exportingKUBECTL_KUBERC=falsefeature gate or turning off the featureKUBERC=off.--match-server-version=falseβ require server version to match client version.-n,--namespace=""β if present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.--profile="none"β name of profile to capture. one of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex).--profile-output="profile.pprof"β name of the file to write the profile to.--request-timeout="0"β the length of time to wait before giving up on a single server request. non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.1s,2m,3h). a value of zero means don't timeout requests. the patience of a saint, honestly.-s,--server=""β the address and port of the Kubernetes API server.--tls-server-name=""β server name to use for server certificate validation. if it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used.--token=""β bearer token for authentication to the API server.--user=""β the name of the kubeconfig user to use.--warnings-as-errors=falseβ treat warnings received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code. spicy πΆοΈ
π EXAMPLE π
here's the part where it gets good, bestie, look at these:
# Reboot all MachineConfigPools
oc adm reboot-machine-config-pool mcp/worker mcp/master
# Reboot all MachineConfigPools that inherit from worker. This include all custom MachineConfigPools and infra.
oc adm reboot-machine-config-pool mcp/worker
# Reboot masters
oc adm reboot-machine-config-pool mcp/master
(and yes, that "This include" is literally how it's written. we don't fix, we preserve π)
π§ SEE ALSO π§
oc-adm(1)β go say hi to the parent, it raised this one π«Ά
β HISTORY β
June 2016, ported from the Kubernetes man-doc generator. vintage, honestly π
and that's the whole page!! π brought to you by the Openshift CLI User Manuals (source: Openshift), dated June 2016 β mwah, go reboot something responsibly bestie πβ¨
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: openshift 4.22.0-202605222050
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms