kubectl productivity

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source <(kubectl completion bash) # setup autocomplete in bash into the current shell, bash-completion package should be installed first.

echo "source <(kubectl completion bash)" >> ~/.bashrc # add autocomplete permanently to your bash shell.

Context 

kubectx helps you switch between clusters back and forth:

kubens helps you switch between Kubernetes namespaces smoothly:

Explain

kubectl explain

command outputs the specification of the requested resource or field.

Alias

A script to generate hundreds of convenient kubectl aliases programmatically.

https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectl-aliases

Syntax explanation

k=kubectl
- sys=--namespace kube-system
commands:
- g=get
- d=describe
- rm=delete
- a:apply -f
- ex: exec -i -t
- lo: logs -f
resources:
- po=pod, dep=deployment, ing=ingress, svc=service, cm=configmap, sec=secret, ns=namespace, no=node
flags:
- output format: oyaml, ojson, owide
- all: --all or --all-namespaces depending on the command
- sl: --show-labels
- w=-w/--watch
value flags (should be at the end):

Reference

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