Set

The set command modifies configuration by setting or substituting a user provided value into resource fields. Which fields are set or have values substituted is configured by line comments on the configuration fields.

• Calling set may change multiple fields at once.
• To see the list of setters for a package run list-setters.
• The set command may only be run on a directory containing a Kptfile.

See create-setter and create-subst for more on how setters and substitutions are defined in a Kptfile.

Example setter referenced from a field in a configuration file:

kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: foo
spec:
  replicas: 3  # {"$ref":"#/definitions/io.k8s.cli.setters.replicas"}

One could the replicas field to 4 by running

kpt cfg set hello-world/ replicas 4

Description

Setters may have a description of the current value. This may be defined along with the value by specifying the --description flag.

SetBy

Setters may record who set the current value. This may be defined by specifying the --set-by flag. If unspecified the current value for set-by will be cleared from the setter.

Substitutions

Substitutions define field values which may be composed of one or more setters substituted into a string pattern. e.g. setting only the tag portion of the image field.

When set is called, it may also update substitutions which are derived from the setter.

Examples

# set replicas to 3 using the 'replicas' setter
kpt cfg set hello-world/ replicas 3

# set the replicas to 5 and include a description of the value
kpt cfg set hello-world/ replicas 5 --description "need at least 5 replicas"

# set the replicas to 5 and record who set this value
kpt cfg set hello-world/ replicas 5 --set-by "mia"

# set the tag portion of the image field to '1.8.1' using the 'tag' setter
# the tag setter is referenced as a value by a substitution in the Kptfile
kpt cfg set hello-world/ tag 1.8.1

Synopsis

kpt cfg set DIR NAME VALUE

Args

DIR
  Path to a package directory. e.g. hello-world/

NAME
  The name of the setter. e.g. replicas

VALUE
  The new value to set on fields. e.g. 3

Flags

--description
  Optional description about the value.

--set-by
  Optional record of who set the value.  Clears the last set-by
  value if unset.

--values
  Optional flag, the values of the setter to be set to
  e.g. used to specify values that start with '-'