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betatim authored Jul 26, 2018
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Kubernetes has a helper script that allows you to auto-complete commands
and references to objects when using ``kubectl``. This lets you
``<TAB>``-complete and saves a lot of time.
:kbd:`TAB`-complete and saves a lot of time.

`Here are the instructions to install kubectl auto-completion <https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/#enabling-shell-autocompletion>`_.

``helm`` autocompletion
-----------------------

Helm also has an auto-completion script that lets you ``<TAB>``-complete
Helm also has an auto-completion script that lets you :kbd:`TAB`-complete
your commands when using Helm.

`Here are the instructions to install helm auto-completion <https://docs.helm.sh/helm/#helm-completion>`_.
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To see a list of contexts currently available to you, use the following
command:

.. code-block:: bash
kubectl config get-contexts
This will list all of your Kubernetes contexts. You can select a particular
context by entering:

.. code-block:: bash
kubectl config use-context <CONTEXT-NAME>
Specifying a default namespace for a context
--------------------------------------------

If you grow tired of typing ``namespace=XXX`` each time you type a kubernetes
command, here's a snippet that will allow you set a _default_ namespace for
command, here's a snippet that will allow you set a default namespace for
a given Kubernetes context:

kubectl config set-context $(kubectl config current-context) --namespace=<YOUR-NAMESPACE>
.. code-block:: bash
The above command will only apply to the _currently active context_, and will
kubectl config set-context $(kubectl config current-context) \
--namespace=<YOUR-NAMESPACE>
The above command will only apply to the currently active context, and will
allow you to skip the ``--namespace=`` part of your commands for this context.


Using labels and selectors with ``kubectl``
-------------------------------------------

Sometimes it's useful to select an entire _class_ of Kubernetes objects rather
Sometimes it's useful to select an entire class of Kubernetes objects rather
than referring to them by their name. You can attach an arbitrary set of
_labels_ to a Kubernetes object, and can then refer to those labels when
labels to a Kubernetes object, and can then refer to those labels when
searching with ``kubectl``.

To search based on a label value, use the ``-l`` or ``--selector=`` keyword
arguments. For example, JupyterHub creates a specific subset of labels for all
user pods. You can search for all user pods with the following label query:

kubectl --namespace=<YOUR-NAMESPACE> get pod -l "component=singleuser-server"

.. code-block:: bash
kubectl --namespace=<YOUR-NAMESPACE> get pod \
-l "component=singleuser-server"
For more information, see the `Kubernetes labels and selectors page <https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/overview/working-with-objects/labels/>`_.

Asking for a more verbose or structured output
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recommend looking into the different kubernetes output options, which can be
modified like so:

.. code-block:: bash
kubectl --namespace=<NAMESPACE> get pod -o <json|yaml|wide|name...>
You can find more information on what kinds of output you can generate at
`the kubectl information page <https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/overview/>`_.
(click and search for the text "Output Options")

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