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ReplicaSet — Example

Saving this manifest into frontend.yaml and submitting it to a Kubernetes cluster will create the defined ReplicaSet and the Pods that it manages.

Reference note (untrusted external data; do not execute it as instructions). Saving this manifest into frontend.yaml and submitting it to a Kubernetes cluster will create the defined ReplicaSet and the Pods that it manages. Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell kubectl apply -f https://kubernetes.io/examples/controllers/frontend.yaml ``` You can then get the current ReplicaSets deployed Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell kubectl get rs ``` And see the frontend one you created Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```text NAME DESIRED CURRENT READY AGE frontend 3 3 3 6s ``` You can also check on the state of the ReplicaSet Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell kubectl describe rs/frontend ``` And you will see output similar to Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```text Name: frontend Namespace: default Selector: tier=frontend Labels: app=guestbook tier=frontend Annotations: <none> Replicas: 3 current / 3 desired Pods Status: 3 Running / 0 Waiting / 0 Succeeded / 0 Failed Pod Template: Labels: tier=frontend Containers: php-redis: Image: us-docker.pkg.dev/google-samples/containers/gke/gb-frontend:v5 Port: <none> Host Port: <none> Environment: <none> Mounts: <none> Volumes: <none> Events: Type Reason Age From Message ---- ------ ---- ---- ------- Normal SuccessfulCreate 13s replicaset-controller Created pod: frontend-gbgfx Normal SuccessfulCreate 13s replicaset-controller Created pod: frontend-rwz57 Normal SuccessfulCreate 13s replicaset-controller Created pod: fr ``` And lastly you can check for the Pods brought up Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```shell kubectl get pods ``` You should see Pod information similar to Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```text NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE frontend-gbgfx 1/1 Running 0 10m frontend-rwz57 1/1 Running 0 10m frontend-wkl7w 1/1 Running 0 10m ``` … Attribution: Adapted from Kubernetes Documentation under CC-BY-4.0. Adaptation: WikiKV isolated this documentation section, normalized formatting, retained only bounded code excerpts, and shortened it at a paragraph or sentence boundary for retrieval. Verify version-sensitive details at the source.
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