kn

Command-line interface for managing Knative Serving and Eventing resources

Runs as kn|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

Command form

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Create a Knative service from a container image. Other kn commands, traffic splitting, secrets and sidecars are left out.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui kn

`kn service create`

Create a service

Create a serviceExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Service name*

string

Container image*

string

Namespace

string

Port

string

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Create a service

nameimagenamespaceport

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Service name

string · positional 0

Container image

string

--image

Namespace

string

--namespace-n

Port

NAME:PORT or just PORT, for example 8080.
string

--port-p

Environment variables

NAME=value.
string · repeatable

--env-e

Replica range

A single value or min/max.
string

--scale

Resource requests

For example cpu=100m,memory=256Mi.
string

--request

Resource limits

For example cpu=100m,memory=256Mi.
string

--limit

Labels

name=value.
string · repeatable

--label-l

Private service

boolean

--cluster-local

Do not wait for readiness

boolean

--no-wait

Replace existing service

boolean

--force

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

help

kn service create NAME --image IMAGE --image string Image to run. -n, --namespace string Specify the namespace to operate in. -p, --port string The port where application listens on, in the format 'NAME:PORT', where 'NAME' is optional. -e, --env stringArray Environment variable to…

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