# Extend the Kubernetes API with CustomResourceDefinitions — Create custom objects

> After the CustomResourceDefinition object has been created, you can create custom objects.

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## Knowledge

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After the CustomResourceDefinition object has been created, you can create custom objects. Custom objects can contain custom fields. These fields can contain arbitrary JSON. In the following example, the cronSpec and image custom fields are set in a custom object of kind CronTab. The kind CronTab comes from the spec of the CustomResourceDefinition object you created above.

If you save the following YAML to my-crontab.yaml

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```yaml
apiVersion: "stable.example.com/v1"
kind: CronTab
metadata:
  name: my-new-cron-object
spec:
  cronSpec: "* * * * */5"
  image: my-awesome-cron-image
```

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl apply -f my-crontab.yaml
```

You can then manage your CronTab objects using kubectl. For example

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```shell
kubectl get crontab
```

Should print a list like this

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```none
NAME                 AGE
my-new-cron-object   6s
```

Resource names are not case-sensitive when using kubectl, and you can use either the singular or plural forms defined in the CRD, as well as any short names.

You can also view the raw YAML data

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```shell
kubectl get ct -o yaml
```

You should see that it contains the custom cronSpec and image fields from the YAML you used to create it

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```yaml
apiVersion: v1
items:
- apiVersion: stable.example.com/v1
  kind: CronTab
  metadata:
    annotations:
      kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration: |
        {"apiVersion":"stable.example.com/v1","kind":"CronTab","metadata":{"annotations":{},"name":"my-new-cron-object","namespace":"default"},"spec":{"cronSpec":"* * * * */5","image":"my-awesome-cron-image"}}
    creationTimestamp: "2021-06-20T07:35:27Z"
    generation: 1
    name: my-new-cron-object
    namespace: default
    resourceVersion: "1326"
    uid: 9aab1d66-628e-41bb-a422-57b8b3b1f5a9
  spec:
    cronSpec: '* * * * */5'
    image: my-awesome-cron-image
kind: List
metadata:
  resourceVersion: ""
  selfLink: ""
```

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