Set a Default Kubernetes Namespace So You Stop Repeating --namespace

Introduction

In some of the cases, we need to specify namespace name along with kubectl commands.

Example of get pods command with namespace:

kubectl --namespace my-namespace get pods

Its very tedius to specify these two strings every time you are running kubectl commands. Especially, when you have multiple namespaces. Its frustrating to copy-paste them each time.

How to Set Namespace With the Context

Assumming, the name of your namespace is my-namespace.

Command to set namespace with a context:

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

Now, if you do: kubectl config get-contexts

You will see a namespace name along with the context name, something like:

* cluster-name cluster-name xyz my-namespace

Run Commands without Specifying Namespace

Now, you can run normal kubectl commands without mentioning namespace.

kubectl config get-contexts
kubectl get pods
kubectl apply -f <path to yaml>

Thanks for reading…