kubectl wait

Wait for resource(s) to reach a certain state. More information: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubectl/kubectl-commands#wait.

  • Wait for a deployment to become available:

kubectl wait --for=condition=available deployment/deployment_name

  • Wait for all pods with a certain [l]abel to be ready:

kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod -l label_key=label_value

  • Wait for a pod to be deleted:

kubectl wait --for=delete pod pod_name

  • Wait for a job to complete, within 120 seconds (if the condition isn't met on time, the exit status will be unsuccessful):

kubectl wait --for=condition=complete job/job_name --timeout 120s