Kustomize: Escape Forward Slash (/)

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While writing Kustomize patches you might come across is the need to escape certain characters, such as the forward slash (/). This can be a bit tricky since the common conventions on how to escape a character don't apply here.

03/05/2023

Kustomize: Update internal references that are going to be changes using namePrefix or nameSuffix

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When using namePrefix or nameSuffix to change the names of the resources we are deplying using Kustomize, we need to make sure the cross object references get updated as well.

05/01/2023

Patch an existing manifest to delete an object using Kustomize

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Sometimes we'll need to delete a specific resource from an existing manifest. It can be as simple as moving the resource around, but if we do not control the source manifest it might not be an option: In this scenario we can delete the resource using a patch

17/11/2022

Patching a kubernetes object with kubectl patch and a patch file

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We can use the kubectl patch command with the -p option to update an existing kubernetes object:

$ kubectl patch sc gp2 -p '{"allowVolumeExpansion": true}'
storageclass.storage.k8s.io/gp2 patched

When the patch is small is a very convenient way of patching it but as the patch grows it becomes less convenient

19/09/2022

Using kubectl patch to modify existing Kubernetes objects

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To be able to modify a Kubernetes object we can use kubectl edit to do it interactively. It can come handy if we need to test values but it makes it harder to automate it. If we need a way to change a Kubernetes object using a non-interactive command, kubectl patch is the best option for us.

18/08/2021