PriorityClass

PriorityClass defines mapping from a priority class name to the priority integer value. The value can be any valid integer.

apiVersion: scheduling.k8s.io/v1

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

PriorityClass

PriorityClass defines mapping from a priority class name to the priority integer value. The value can be any valid integer.

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
`description` string	description is an arbitrary string that usually provides guidelines on when this priority class should be used.
`globalDefault` boolean	globalDefault specifies whether this PriorityClass should be considered as the default priority for pods that do not have any priority class. Only one PriorityClass can be marked as `globalDefault`. However, if more than one PriorityClasses exists with their `globalDefault` field set to true, the smallest value of such global default PriorityClasses will be used as the default priority.
`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	Standard object's metadata. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#metadata
`preemptionPolicy` string	preemptionPolicy is the Policy for preempting pods with lower priority. One of Never, PreemptLowerPriority. Defaults to PreemptLowerPriority if unset. Possible enum values: - `"Never"` means that pod never preempts other pods with lower priority. - `"PreemptLowerPriority"` means that pod can preempt other pods with lower priority.
`value` integer	value represents the integer value of this priority class. This is the actual priority that pods receive when they have the name of this class in their pod spec.

PriorityClassList

PriorityClassList is a collection of priority classes.

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` * PriorityClass array	items is the list of PriorityClasses
`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#metadata

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