You can create and manage your pods via the DC/OS CLI or via the /v2/pods/ endpoint of the Marathon API.

Using the Pods CLI

The following commands are available in the pods CLI:

• dcos marathon pod add [<pod-resource>]
• dcos marathon pod list [--json]
• dcos marathon pod remove [--force] <pod-id>
• dcos marathon pod show <pod-id>
• dcos marathon pod update [--force] <pod-id>

Add a Pod

To add a pod, first create a JSON pod definition. Then, run the following command:

dcos marathon pod add <pod-json-file>

List Pods

List pods and the number of containers they have with the following command:

dcos marathon pod list

Remove a Pod

Remove a pod with the following command:

dcos marathon pod remove <pod-id>

If the pod is currently deploying, you will not be able to remove the pod. To remove the pod anyway, run the command with the --force flag.

Show Pod JSON

To see the pod definition, run the following command:

dcos marathon pod show <pod-id>

You can use the show command to read data about the pod programmatically.

Update Pod

To update a pod, first modify the JSON definition for the pod, then run the following command:

dcos marathon pod update <pod-id> < <new-pod-definition>

If the pod is currently deploying, you will not be able to update the pod. To update the pod anyway, run the command with the --force flag.

Using the REST API

Create

 curl -X POST -H "Content-type: application/json" -d@<mypod>.json http://<ip>:<port>/v2/pods

Sample response:

{
    "containers": [
        {
            "artifacts": [],
            "endpoints": [],
            "environment": {},
            "exec": {
                "command": {
                    "shell": "sleep 1000"
                }
            },
            "healthCheck": null,
            "image": null,
            "labels": {},
            "lifecycle": null,
            "name": "sleep1",
            "resources": {
                "cpus": 0.1,
                "disk": 0,
                "gpus": 0,
                "mem": 32
            },
            "user": null,
            "volumeMounts": []
        }
    ],
    "environment": {},
    "id": "/simplepod2",
    "labels": {},
    "networks": [
        {
            "labels": {},
            "mode": "host",
            "name": null
        }
    ],
    "scaling": {
        "instances": 2,
        "kind": "fixed",
        "maxInstances": null
    },
    "scheduling": {
        "backoff": {
            "backoff": 1,
            "backoffFactor": 1.15,
            "maxLaunchDelaySeconds": 300
        },
        "placement": {
            "acceptedResourceRoles": [],
            "constraints": []
        },
        "upgrade": {
            "maximumOverCapacity": 1,
            "minimumHealthCapacity": 1
        }
    },
    "secrets": {},
    "user": null,
    "volumes": []
}

Status

Get the status of all pods:

curl -X GET http://<ip>:<port>/v2/pods/::status

Get the status of a single pod:

curl -X GET http://<ip>:<port>/v2/pods/<pod-id>::status

Delete

curl -X DELETE http://<ip>:<port>/v2/pods/<pod-id>