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Managing brokers

The Knative (kn) CLI provides commands that can be used to describe and list existing brokers.

Listing existing brokers by using the Knative CLI

Using the Knative (kn) CLI to list brokers provides a streamlined and intuitive user interface. You can use the kn broker list command to list existing brokers in your cluster by using the Knative CLI.

Prerequisites

  • The OpenShift Serverless Operator and Knative Eventing are installed on your OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

  • You have installed the Knative (kn) CLI.

Procedure

  • List all existing brokers:

    $ kn broker list
    Example output
    NAME      URL                                                                     AGE   CONDITIONS   READY   REASON
default   http://broker-ingress.knative-eventing.svc.cluster.local/test/default   45s   5 OK / 5     True

Describing an existing broker by using the Knative CLI

Using the Knative (kn) CLI to describe brokers provides a streamlined and intuitive user interface. You can use the kn broker describe command to print information about existing brokers in your cluster by using the Knative CLI.

Prerequisites

  • The OpenShift Serverless Operator and Knative Eventing are installed on your OpenShift Container Platform cluster.

  • You have installed the Knative (kn) CLI.

Procedure

  • Describe an existing broker:

    $ kn broker describe <broker_name>
    Example command using default broker
    $ kn broker describe default
    Example output
    Name:         default
Namespace:    default
Annotations:  eventing.knative.dev/broker.class=MTChannelBasedBroker, eventing.knative.dev/creato ...
Age:          22s

Address:
  URL:    http://broker-ingress.knative-eventing.svc.cluster.local/default/default

Conditions:
  OK TYPE                   AGE REASON
  ++ Ready                  22s
  ++ Addressable            22s
  ++ FilterReady            22s
  ++ IngressReady           22s
  ++ TriggerChannelReady    22s