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Calico Open Source 3.33 (latest) documentation

calicoctl replace

This sections describes the calicoctl replace command.

Read the calicoctl command line interface user reference for a full list of calicoctl commands.

note

The available actions for a specific resource type may be limited based on the datastore used for Calico (etcdv3 / Kubernetes API). Please refer to the Resources section for details about each resource type.

Displaying the help text for 'calicoctl replace' command​

Run calicoctl replace --help to display the following help menu for the command.

Replace one or more existing Calico resources from a file, directory, or stdin,
in YAML or JSON format. Replace fails if a resource doesn't already exist; use
apply if you want it created in that case.

Usage:
  calicoctl replace [flags]

Examples:
  # Replace resources from a file.
  calicoctl replace -f ./policy.yaml

Flags:
  -c, --config string      Path to the file containing connection configuration in YAML or JSON format. (default "/etc/calico/calicoctl.cfg")
  -f, --filename string    Filename to use to create/apply/replace/delete the resource. Use '-' for stdin.
  -h, --help               help for replace
  -n, --namespace string   Namespace of the resource.
  -R, --recursive          Process the filename specified in -f recursively.
      --skip-empty         Do not error if files contain no data.

Global Flags:
      --allow-version-mismatch   Allow client and cluster versions mismatch
      --context string           The name of the kubeconfig context to use
  -l, --log-level string         Set the log level (panic, fatal, error, warn, info, debug) (default "panic")

Examples​

  1. Replace a set of resources (of mixed type) using the data in resources.yaml.

    calicoctl replace -f ./resources.yaml

    Results indicate that 8 resources were successfully replaced.

    Successfully replaced 8 resource(s)

  2. Replace a policy based on the JSON passed into stdin.

    cat policy.json | calicoctl replace -f -

    Results indicate the policy does not exist.

    Failed to replace any 'policy' resources: resource does not exist: Policy(name=dbPolicy)

Options​

  -f, --filename string    Filename to use to create/apply/replace/delete the resource. Use '-' for stdin.

General options​

  -c, --config string      Path to the file containing connection configuration in YAML or JSON format. (default "/etc/calico/calicoctl.cfg")

See also​