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==Current Context== | ==Current Context== | ||
The current context can be viewed with | The current context can be viewed with: | ||
kubectl [[Kubectl_config#current-context|config current-context]] | kubectl [[Kubectl_config#current-context|config current-context]] | ||
and can be changed with | and can be changed with: | ||
kubectl [[Kubectl_config#use-context|config use-context]] ''new-context-name'' | kubectl [[Kubectl_config#use-context|config use-context]] ''new-context-name'' | ||
Revision as of 00:15, 22 August 2019
Internal
Overview
$HOME/.kube/config is kubectl configuration file. It contains definitions for clusters, users and contexts. The content of the file can be displayed with:
kubectl config view
Clusters
The section contains the definition of one or more clusters. Each cluster definition has a name, certificate info and the API server's endpoint.
clusters:
- cluster:
certificate-authority-data: LS0tLS1...tLQo=
server: https://kubernetes.docker.internal:6443
name: docker-desktop
Users
This section contain definitions of users that might have different levels of permissions for each cluster. Each user definition has a friendly name, a username and a set of credentials.
users:
- name: docker-desktop
user:
client-certificate-data: LS0tL...LS0K
client-key-data: LS0tL...tLQo=
Contexts
Contexts bring together clusters and users under a friendly name.
current-context: docker-desktop
contexts:
- context:
cluster: docker-desktop
user: docker-desktop
name: docker-desktop
Current Context
The current context can be viewed with:
kubectl config current-context
and can be changed with:
kubectl config use-context new-context-name