Make Life Easier

Tools

• kubectx: Quickly switch kubernetes context defined in ~/.kube/config

  • Debian/Ubuntu

    sudo apt install kubectx
    

  • RHEL/Fedora

    Download the appropriate precompiled kubectx library at https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx/releases/latest

• Merge kubeconfig files

  ⚠️ This is a destructive command that might nuke your ~/.kube/config file.

  export KUBECONFIG=~/.kube/config:/path/to/config/1:/path/to/config/2 && \
  kubectl config view --flatten > ~/.kube/config
  

Aliases

echo "alias k=kubectl" >> ~/.$(echo $0 | tr -d '-')rc
echo "alias ktx=kubectx" >> ~/.$(echo $0 | tr -d '-')rc