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NAME

6       kubectl create job - Create a job with the specified name.
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SYNOPSIS

11       kubectl create job [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

16       Create a job with the specified name.
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OPTIONS

21       --allow-missing-template-keys=true
22           If  true, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is
23       missing in the template. Only applies to  golang  and  jsonpath  output
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28           If  true, only print the object that would be sent, without sending
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33           The name of the resource to create a Job from (only cronjob is sup‐
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42           Output    format.    One   of:   json|yaml|name|go-template|go-tem‐
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46       --save-config=false
47           If true, the configuration of current object will be saved  in  its
48       annotation.  Otherwise,  the annotation will be unchanged. This flag is
49       useful when you want to perform kubectl apply on  this  object  in  the
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54           Template  string  or  path  to template file to use when -o=go-tem‐
55       plate, -o=go-template-file. The template format is golang  templates  [
56http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview⟩].
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OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

65       --alsologtostderr=false
66           log to standard error as well as files
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69       --application-metrics-count-limit=100
70           Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
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78           Group  to  impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated
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82       --azure-container-registry-config=""
83           Path to the file containing Azure container registry  configuration
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88           Comma-separated  list  of files to check for boot-id. Use the first
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109           CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for LB traffic proxy  health checks
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133           Indicates    the    tolerationSeconds   of   the   toleration   for
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139           Indicates  the  tolerationSeconds  of  the  toleration for unreach‐
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149           a  comma-separated  list of environment variable keys that needs to
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183           Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
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185       (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
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190           Max number of events to store (per type). Value is  a  comma  sepa‐
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192       ation, oom) or "default" and  the  value  is  an  integer.  Default  is
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205           If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
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230           Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes.
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243           Comma-separated  list  of  files  to  check for machine-id. Use the
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269           The  length  of  time  to  wait before giving up on a single server
270       request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.
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291           Writes  in  the  storage driver will be buffered for this duration,
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EXAMPLE

350                # Create a job
351                kubectl create job my-job --image=busybox
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353                # Create a job with command
354                kubectl create job my-job --image=busybox -- date
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357                kubectl create job test-job --from=cronjob/a-cronjob
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SEE ALSO

363       kubectl-create(1),
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HISTORY

368       January  2015,  Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
369       com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully  they  have
370       been automatically generated since!
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