apiVersion: apps/v1 # for versions before 1.9.0 use apps/v1beta2 kind: Deployment metadata: name: nginx-deployment spec: selector: matchLabels: app: nginx replicas: 2 # tells deployment to run 2 pods matching the template template: # create pods using pod definition in this template metadata: # unlike pod-nginx.yaml, the name is not included in the meta data as a unique name is # generated from the deployment name labels: app: nginx spec: containers: - name: nginx image: nginx:1.7.9 ports: - containerPort: 80