k8s_scale – Set a new size for a Deployment, ReplicaSet, Replication Controller, or Job

• Synopsis
• Requirements
• Parameters
• Notes
• Examples
• Return Values
• Status

Synopsis

• Similar to the kubectl scale command. Use to set the number of replicas for a Deployment, ReplicaSet, or Replication Controller, or the parallelism attribute of a Job. Supports check mode.

Aliases: openshift_scale

Requirements

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

• python >= 2.7
• openshift >= 0.6
• PyYAML >= 3.11

Parameters

Notes

Examples

- name: Scale deployment up, and extend timeout
  k8s_scale:
    api_version: v1
    kind: Deployment
    name: elastic
    namespace: myproject
    replicas: 3
    wait_timeout: 60

- name: Scale deployment down when current replicas match
  k8s_scale:
    api_version: v1
    kind: Deployment
    name: elastic
    namespace: myproject
    current_replicas: 3
    replicas: 2

- name: Increase job parallelism
  k8s_scale:
    api_version: batch/v1
    kind: job
    name: pi-with-timeout
    namespace: testing
    replicas: 2

# Match object using local file or inline definition

- name: Scale deployment based on a file from the local filesystem
  k8s_scale:
    src: /myproject/elastic_deployment.yml
    replicas: 3
    wait: no

- name: Scale deployment based on a template output
  k8s_scale:
    resource_definition: "{{ lookup('template', '/myproject/elastic_deployment.yml') | from_yaml }}"
    replicas: 3
    wait: no

- name: Scale deployment based on a file from the Ansible controller filesystem
  k8s_scale:
    resource_definition: "{{ lookup('file', '/myproject/elastic_deployment.yml') | from_yaml }}"
    replicas: 3
    wait: no

Return Values

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Status

• This module is not guaranteed to have a backwards compatible interface. [preview]
• This module is maintained by the Ansible Community. [community]

Authors

• Chris Houseknecht (@chouseknecht)
• Fabian von Feilitzsch (@fabianvf)