What is the standard command to scale a Deployment to a given replica count?

What is the standard command to scale a Deployment to a given replica count?

• A. oc scale deployment/<name> --replicas=<N>
• B. oc scale deployment <name> --replicas=<N>
• C. oc patch deployment/<name> --replicas=<N>
• D. oc edit deployment/<name> --replicas=<N>

Answer: (A)

When you want to adjust how many pods a Deployment runs, you use the scale operation on that Deployment resource and specify the desired count with the --replicas flag. The standard form is oc scale deployment/<name> --replicas=<N>. This targets the Deployment directly (resource type and name in the path) and tells the controller the exact number of replicas to run. The other options either use a different subcommand structure (patch or edit) that isn’t as straightforward for simply changing the replica count, or use an invalid syntax (spacing instead of a slash) for addressing the resource.

When you want to adjust how many pods a Deployment runs, you use the scale operation on that Deployment resource and specify the desired count with the --replicas flag. The standard form is oc scale deployment/ --replicas=. This targets the Deployment directly (resource type and name in the path) and tells the controller the exact number of replicas to run. The other options either use a different subcommand structure (patch or edit) that isn’t as straightforward for simply changing the replica count, or use an invalid syntax (spacing instead of a slash) for addressing the resource.