• kubectl-eks: Managing Amazon EKS Clusters

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  Managing Kubernetes clusters on AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) can be challenging, especially when dealing with multiple clusters across different regions and accounts. The kubectl-eks plugin simplifies this process by providing convenient commands to list, inspect, and switch between EKS clusters.

  29/01/2025

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• Using kubectl to edit the status of an object

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  As of kubectl v1.24, it is possible to patch subresources using the --subresource flag. This is useful for updating the status of an object, for example.

  18/03/2024

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• Add new line when printing data using jsonpath

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  When we print values using jsonpath we'll get all the values in a single line (actually, it won't even bother adding the newline character at the end of the list):

  $ kubectl get ns -o jsonpath='{ .items[*].metadata.name }'
  default dynamodb-operator ec2-operator iam-operator kube-node-lease kube-public kube-system local-path-storage testvault
  

  06/06/2023

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• Managing Environment Variables with kubectl

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  In today's highly dynamic and containerized environments, managing environment variables is crucial for configuring applications effectively. With the Kubernetes command-line tool, kubectl, you can imperatively set or remove environment variables for your existing objects.

  21/05/2023

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• What's the difference between kubectl apply and kubectl replace?

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  To update a kubernetes object we can use kubectl apply or kubectl replace, but depending on what and how we want it updated we need to use one or the other.

  23/01/2023

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