Manually start a Kubernetes CronJob

Question

For a deployed Kubernetes CronJob named foo, how can I manually run it immediately? This would be for testing or manual runs outside its configured schedule.

Answer 1

You can start a job based on an existing job's configuration, and a cronjob is just another type of job.

Syntax:
kubectl create job --from=cronjob/$CronJobName $NameToGiveThePodThatWillBeCreated

e.g.:
kubectl create job --from=cronjob/foo foo-manual-1