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hardkubectl

Validate a manifest against the live API server without creating the resource

command

kubectl create -f FILE --dry-run=server -o yaml

also accepted

kubectl create -f FILE --dry-run=serverkubectl create -f

Command breakdown

Part of the Kubernetes CLI (kubectl) — Resource Operations category.

kubectlcreate-fFILE--dry-run=server-oyaml

Flag	Purpose
`-f`	Boolean flag
`--dry-run`	Set to: server
`-o`	Boolean flag

More Resource Operations commands

Apply a YAML or JSON resource configuration file to create or update resourceskubectl apply -f FILENAME
Create resources from a YAML or JSON file, failing if they already existkubectl create -f FILENAME
Delete all resources defined in a YAML or JSON configuration filekubectl delete -f FILENAME
Show differences between the live resource state and a local configuration filekubectl diff -f FILENAME
List all common resource types (pods, services, deployments, etc.) in the current namespacekubectl get all
List all supported resource types, their short names, and API groups in the clusterkubectl api-resources
List all available API group versions supported by the clusterkubectl api-versions
Display the schema and documentation fields for a Kubernetes resource typekubectl explain RESOURCE

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