How to rename deployments in Kubernetes

Question

I'm trying to change my deployments name:

$ kubectl get deployments
NAME                  DESIRED   CURRENT   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
analytics-rethinkdb   1         1         1            1           18h
frontend              1         1         1            1           6h
queue                 1         1         1            1           6h

I tried editing the deployment file but it is not changing the name of it:

$ kubectl edit deployments/analytics-rethinkdb
error: metadata.name should not be changed

I know I can delete the deployment and then redeploy it with the changed name but still I think it should be possible to change its name.

Answer 1

I'm sorry, but object names in kubernetes cannot be changed. They're immutable. You'd have to delete and deploy the Deployment with a different name to get what you want.

Answer 2

Hey, You can edit or recreate it with a different name.