ReplicationController

ReplicationController represents the configuration of a replication controller.

Concept documentation for ReplicationController

apiVersion: v1

import "k8s.io/api/core/v1"

ReplicationController represents the configuration of a replication controller.

Field	Description
`apiVersion` string	APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources
`kind` string	Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds
`metadata` ObjectMeta	If the Labels of a ReplicationController are empty, they are defaulted to be the same as the Pod(s) that the replication controller manages. Standard object's metadata. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#metadata
`spec` ReplicationControllerSpec	Spec defines the specification of the desired behavior of the replication controller. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#spec-and-status
`status` ReplicationControllerStatus	Status is the most recently observed status of the replication controller. This data may be out of date by some window of time. Populated by the system. Read-only. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#spec-and-status

ReplicationControllerSpec

ReplicationControllerSpec is the specification of a replication controller.

Field	Description
`minReadySeconds` integer	Minimum number of seconds for which a newly created pod should be ready without any of its container crashing, for it to be considered available. Defaults to 0 (pod will be considered available as soon as it is ready)
`replicas` integer	Replicas is the number of desired replicas. This is a pointer to distinguish between explicit zero and unspecified. Defaults to 1. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/replicationcontroller#what-is-a-replicationcontroller
`selector` object	Selector is a label query over pods that should match the Replicas count. If Selector is empty, it is defaulted to the labels present on the Pod template. Label keys and values that must match in order to be controlled by this replication controller, if empty defaulted to labels on Pod template. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/labels/#label-selectors
`template` PodTemplateSpec	Template is the object that describes the pod that will be created if insufficient replicas are detected. This takes precedence over a TemplateRef. The only allowed template.spec.restartPolicy value is "Always". More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/replicationcontroller#pod-template

ReplicationControllerStatus represents the current status of a replication controller.

Field	Description
`availableReplicas` integer	The number of available replicas (ready for at least minReadySeconds) for this replication controller.
`conditions` ReplicationControllerCondition array patch strategy: merge on key `type`	Represents the latest available observations of a replication controller's current state.
`fullyLabeledReplicas` integer	The number of pods that have labels matching the labels of the pod template of the replication controller.
`observedGeneration` integer	ObservedGeneration reflects the generation of the most recently observed replication controller.
`readyReplicas` integer	The number of ready replicas for this replication controller.
`replicas` * integer	Replicas is the most recently observed number of replicas. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/replicationcontroller#what-is-a-replicationcontroller

ReplicationControllerList is a collection of replication controllers.

Field	Description
`apiVersion` string	APIVersion defines the versioned schema of this representation of an object. Servers should convert recognized schemas to the latest internal value, and may reject unrecognized values. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#resources
`items` * ReplicationController array	List of replication controllers. More info: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/workloads/controllers/replicationcontroller
`kind` string	Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds
`metadata` ListMeta	Standard list metadata. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds

ReplicationControllerCondition describes the state of a replication controller at a certain point.

Field	Description
`lastTransitionTime` Time	The last time the condition transitioned from one status to another.
`message` string	A human readable message indicating details about the transition.
`reason` string	The reason for the condition's last transition.
`status` * string	Status of the condition, one of True, False, Unknown.
`type` * string	Type of replication controller condition.

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