kubernetes - How to run command after initialization

Question

I would like to run specific command after initialization of deployment is successful.

This is my yaml file:

apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: auth
spec:
  replicas: 1
  template:
    metadata:
        labels:
          app: auth
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: auth
          image: {{my-service-image}}
          env:
          - name: NODE_ENV
            value: "docker-dev"
          resources:
            requests:
              cpu: 100m
              memory: 100Mi
          ports:
            - containerPort: 3000

However, I would like to run command for db migration after (not before) deployment is successfully initialized and pods are running.

I can do it manually for every pod (with kubectl exec), but this is not very scalable.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44140593/how-to-run-command-after-initialization

Answer 1

I resolved it using lifecycles:

apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: auth
spec:
  replicas: 1
  template:
    metadata:
        labels:
          app: auth
    spec:
      containers:
        - name: auth
          image: {{my-service-image}}
          env:
          - name: NODE_ENV
            value: "docker-dev"
          resources:
            requests:
              cpu: 100m
              memory: 100Mi
          ports:
            - containerPort: 3000
          lifecycle:
            postStart:
              exec:
                command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", {{cmd}}]