How to delete completed kubernetes pod?
You can do this a bit easier, now.
You can list all completed pods by:
kubectl get pod --field-selector=status.phase==SucceededAnd delete all completed pods by:
kubectl delete pod --field-selector=status.phase==Succeeded
If this pods created by CronJob, you can use spec.failedJobsHistoryLimit and spec.successfulJobsHistoryLimit
Example:
apiVersion: batch/v1beta1kind: CronJobmetadata: name: my-cron-jobspec: schedule: "*/10 * * * *" failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1 successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 3 jobTemplate: spec: template: ...
You can do it on two ways.
$ kubectl delete pod $(kubectl get pods | grep Completed | awk '{print $1}')or
$ kubectl get pods | grep Completed | awk '{print $1}' | xargs kubectl delete podBoth solutions will do the job.