kubectl config

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Manage Kubernetes configuration (kubeconfig) files for accessing clusters via `kubectl` or the Kubernetes API. By default, the Kubernetes will get its configuration from `${HOME}/.kube/config`. See also: `kubectx`, `kubens`.

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Options (1)

boolean

Switch to another context

Example: kubectl config {{[use|use-context]}} {{context_name}}

Examples (7)

Get all contexts in the default kubeconfig file

kubectl config get-contexts

Get all clusters/contexts/users in a custom kubeconfig file

kubectl config get-clusters|get-contexts|get-users --kubeconfig path/to/kubeconfig.yaml

Get the current context

kubectl config current-context

Set the default namespace of the current context

kubectl config set-context --current --namespace namespace

Switch to another context

kubectl config [use|use-context] context_name

Delete clusters/contexts/users

kubectl config delete-cluster|delete-context|delete-user cluster|context|user

Permanently add custom kubeconfig files

export KUBECONFIG="path/to/kubeconfig1.yaml:path/to/kubeconfig2.yaml"

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