create

The chkit create command creates one of 2 types of objects:

• Deployment
• Service

from JSON file. You can create JSON file using the example below.

Command syntax

chkit create has to be executed with one mandatory parameter:

Flag	Parameter	Description
--file или -f	FILE	JSON file name

Optional parameters:

Flag	Parameter	Description
--help or -h		print usage info
--debug or -d		print system info on command execution

$ chkit [--debug -d ] create (-f FILE | --file FILE)[--help | -h]

Example

$ chkit create -f MyDeploy.json
create... OK

To create for example nginxDeployment you can use this template:

Note: in this template "default-volume" is the name of Volume. To get list of all your Volumes use chkit volume command and use this template with the name of one of your own Volume.

{
"kind": "Deployment",
"metadata": {
"labels": {},
"name": "nginx"
},
"spec": {
"replicas": 2,
"template": {
"metadata": {
"labels": {},
"name": "nginx"
},
"spec": {
"containers": [
{
"command": [
"ls"
],
"env": [
{
"name": "PORT",
"value": "80"
},
{
"name": "IP",
"value": "0.0.0.0"
},
{
"name": "testenv",
"value": "testval"
}
],
"image": "nginx",
"name": "nginx",
"ports": [
{
"containerPort": 80
},
{
"containerPort": 443
}
],
"resources": {
"requests": {
"cpu": "200m",
"memory": "256Mi"
}
},
"volumeMounts": [
{
"name": "default-volume",
"mountPath": "/var/lib/nginx",
"subPath": "nginx/data"
}
]
}
],
"volumes": [
{
"name": "default-volume"
}
]
}
}
}
} 

To create Service for nginx you can use this template:

{
"kind": "Service",
"metadata": {
"labels": {
"37a8eec1ce19687d132fe29051dca629": "nginx",
"external": "true"
},
"name": "nginx-3198"
},
"spec": {
"ports": [
{
"targetPort": 80,
"name": "http",
"protocol": "TCP"
},
{
"targetPort": 443,
"name": "https",
"protocol": "TCP"
}
],
"selector": {
"37a8eec1ce19687d132fe29051dca629": "nginx"
}
}
}

JSON Specification

For Deployment:

.kind - kind of object ("Deployment")
.metadata - metainfo
.labels - labels
.name - name of object
.spec - specification
.replicas - quantity of replicas
.template - template for pods
.metadata - metainfo for pods
.labels - labels for pods
.name - name of pod
.spec - specification for pods
.containers - containers list
[
.command - commands for deployment
.env - environment variables
.name - name of environment variable
.value - value of environment variable
.image - image of deployment for container
.name - name of container
.ports - ports
[
.containers - container's port
]
.resources - resources for the container
.requests - resources for the pod
.cpu - CPU
.memory - RAM
.volumeMounts - external volumes for the container
[
.name - name of volume
.mountPath - path for the volume in the container
.subPath - path in the volume
]
]
.volume - list of volume
[
.name - name of volume
]

For Service:

.kind - kind of object ("Service")
.metadata - metainfo
.labels - labels
.name - name
.spec - specification
.ports - ports
[
.targetPort - port in the container .name - name of port
.protocol - protocol
.port - internal port
]
.selector - selector of deployment by label