How to set dynamic values with Kubernetes yaml file

Question

For example, a deployment yaml file:

apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: guestbook
spec:
  replicas: 2
  template:
    metadata         


        

Answer 1

I create a script called kubectl_create and use it to run the create command. It will substitute any value in the template that is referenced in an environment variable.

#!/bin/bash
set -e
eval "cat <<EOF
$(<$1)
EOF
" | kubectl create -f -

For example, if the template file has:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Service

metadata:
  name: nginx-external
  labels:
    app: nginx

spec:
  loadBalancerIP: ${PUBLIC_IP}
  type: LoadBalancer
  ports:
  - name: http
    port: 80
    targetPort: 80
  - name: https
    port: 443
    targetPort: 443

  selector:
    app: nginx

Run kubectl_create nginx-service.yaml and then the environment variable PUBLIC_IP will be substituted before running the actual kubectl create command.