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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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Wait for Kubernetes objects to become available using kubectl wait
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Sometimes we need to wait for some condition to be met before continuing applying resources on the cluster (or accessing them in som way). We can use kubectl wait to block an script until some criteria is met.
09/01/2023
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Show current Kubernetes context in the menu bar
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Some commands might be safe to execute while connected to some environments, but can definitely break stuff is applied to the wrong Kubernetes cluster. However, having to execute kubectl config current-context too ofter to make sure we are connected to the right cluster is no fun either.
With kubectx tray we can have a small icon on the tray bar to help us identify what's the current cluster.
30/11/2022
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Kubernetes - Check with RBAC: Can I...?
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When configuring RBAC permissions we might want to make sure we are configuring them correctly by checking what an user (or ServiceAccount) can do. We can use kubectl auth can-i for this.
29/11/2022
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kubectl: Get the name of the current context
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Since we can have several clusters configured we need to know to which cluster we are issues commands to, there are several ways we can do it with kubectl config:
03/11/2022
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