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Name
kf start - Deploy a stopped App and route traffic to it once healthy.
Synopsis
kf start APP_NAME [flags]
Description
Starting an App will create a Kubernetes Deployment and Service. The Deployment will use the supplied health checks to validate liveness. While the Deployment is sclaing up, Routes will be modified to send traffic to live instances of the App.
Examples
kf start myapp
Flags
--async
Do not wait for the action to complete on the server before returning.
-h, --help
help for start
Inherited flags
These flags are inherited from parent commands.
--as=string
Username to impersonate for the operation.
--as-group=strings
Group to impersonate for the operation. Include this flag multiple times to specify multiple groups.
--config=string
Path to the Kf config file to use for CLI requests.
--kubeconfig=string
Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
--log-http
Log HTTP requests to standard error.
--space=string
Space to run the command against. This flag overrides the currently targeted Space.
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