Generate Kubernetes Deployment, DaemonSet, or Job YAML from a Podman container with podman kube generate --type

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Documented steps

  1. Run `podman kube generate --type deployment mycontainer` to emit an apps/v1 Deployment instead of a Pod.
  2. `--type` supports pod (default), deployment, daemonset, and job.
  3. For a Deployment set replica count with `--replicas 3` (only valid with --type=deployment).
  4. restartPolicy constraints apply: Deployment and DaemonSet can only be 'Always'; Job can be 'OnFailure' or 'Never' (Podman defaults to Never).
  5. Redirect to a file (`-f out.yml`) or pipe to `podman kube play -` to apply it.
  6. Official docs: https://docs.podman.io/en/latest/markdown/podman-kube-generate.1.html

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