kubectx

kubectx tool to manage K8s contexts

• https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx

• MacOS: brew install kubectx
• Windows:
  • choco install kubens kubectx
  • scoop install kubectx

Linux:

kubectl krew install ctx
kubectl krew install ns

kubectx

kubectx cluster_name_to_switch
Switched to context "cluster_name_to_switch".

kubectx YOUR_NEW_NAME=YOUR_OLD_NAME   
Context "arn:aws:eks:eu-central-1:123123414:cluster/your-ugly-name" renamed to "YOUR_NEW_NAME".

Help

kubectx --help
USAGE:
 kubectx                       : list the contexts
 kubectx <NAME>                : switch to context <NAME>
 kubectx -                     : switch to the previous context
 kubectx -c, --current         : show the current context name
 kubectx <NEW_NAME>=<NAME>     : rename context <NAME> to <NEW_NAME>
 kubectx <NEW_NAME>=.          : rename current-context to <NEW_NAME>
 kubectx -d <NAME> [<NAME...>] : delete context <NAME> ('.' for current-context)
                                 (this command won't delete the user/cluster entry
                                 that is used by the context)
 kubectx -u, --unset           : unset the current context

 kubectx -h,--help             : show this message

Activites

• Kubernetes rename context: kubectx NEW_NAME=OLD_NAME

Related

• kubectl config get-contexts
• kubectl config rename-context
• --context
• kubectl --cluster
• kubectl-ctx

See also

• ctx, kubectl ctx
• Kubernetes contexts: kubectx, kubens, ~/.kube/config, kubectl ctx