podex is a command line tool to bootstrap a kubernetes container manifests from docker image metadata.

Manifests can then be edited by a human to match deployment needs.

$ podex [-json|-yaml] [-id PODNAME] IMAGES...

$ podex -json [-id PODNAME] IMAGES... > pod.json
$ podex -yaml [-id PODNAME] IMAGES... > pod.yaml

• id: set the pod name (required with multiple images, optional with single image: default to image base name)
• json: puts the container manifest into JSON format
• yaml: puts the container manifest into YAML format

$ podex -json google/nodejs-hello > pod.yaml
$ podex -yaml -id nodejs-nginx google/nodejs-hello nginx > pod.yaml

• option generate a full pod manifest (w/ desired state)
• option to merge multiple container manifest into one pod
• docker run flags support
• option to generate service bindings from links