使用kubectl explain来了解可能的API对象字段

了解API对象属性的方法

在准备manifest文件时，可以参考kubernetes官网的http://kubernetes.io/docs/api参考文档，来了解API对象支持的属性，也可以使用kubectl explain命令。很多时候，使用后者更便捷。

如何使用kubectl explain命令

从零开始以编写POD的manifest文件，可以使用该命令先了解pod的相关规格：

[jinguang1@m104120196 ~]$ kubectl explain pods
KIND:     Pod
VERSION:  v1

DESCRIPTION:
     Pod is a collection of containers that can run on a host. This resource is
     created by clients and scheduled onto hosts.

FIELDS:
   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/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/api-conventions.md#types-kinds

   metadata	<Object>
     Standard object's metadata. More info:
     https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/api-conventions.md#metadata

   spec	<Object>
     Specification of the desired behavior of the pod. More info:
     https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/api-conventions.md#spec-and-status

   status	<Object>
     Most recently observed status of the pod. This data may not be up to date.
     Populated by the system. Read-only. More info:
     https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/api-conventions.md#spec-and-status

从显示的帮助信息来看，Pod的manifest文件包含apiVersion, kind, metadata, spec, status属性，其中status属性为只读，编写manifest文件时并不需要提供。
如果我们需要进一步了解metadata更详细的信息，那么可以通过下列命令来显示帮助信息：

[jinguang1@m104120196 ~]$ kubectl explain pod.metadata
KIND:     Pod
VERSION:  v1

RESOURCE: metadata <Object>

DESCRIPTION:
     Standard object's metadata. More info:
     https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/api-conventions.md#metadata

     ObjectMeta is metadata that all persisted resources must have, which
     includes all objects users must create.

FIELDS:
   annotations	<map[string]string>
     Annotations is an unstructured key value map stored with a resource that
     may be set by external tools to store and retrieve arbitrary metadata. They
     are not queryable and should be preserved when modifying objects. More
     info: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/annotations

   clusterName	<string>
     The name of the cluster which the object belongs to. This is used to
     distinguish resources with same name and namespace in differe