Kubectl - Switch Contexts [2021]

Here’s a complete story focused on using kubectl to switch contexts, told from the perspective of a platform engineer named Alex.

He’d just finished his morning coffee. Now, his pager was demanding attention. kubectl switch contexts

Then he opened his .bashrc and added three lines: Here’s a complete story focused on using kubectl

K9s is a full-screen terminal UI for interacting with Kubernetes clusters. kubectl switch contexts

Instead of globally switching your main configuration to production, isolate dangerous tasks to a single terminal window using inline environment variables:

Never guess which cluster is active. Force your command line prompt to explicitly display your active context using shell integration tools:

kubectl get pods -n payment-system