We’ve looked at how you can check your current Kubectl context, list the contexts available in your kubeconfig file, and switch to a different context. These basic operations are easy to learn, but they have a big impact on the ease with which you can administer your Kubernetes environments.

Correctly utilizing contexts allows you to switch efficiently between clusters and swap sets of user credentials, all while using a single kubeconfig file. Use the kubectl config get-contexts command to list all the available contexts, including the current context. You can keep adding new contexts to your configuration and use the kubectl config use-context command to enable them. This is easier and less error-prone than maintaining multiple Kubeconfig files, where you must remember to correctly set the --kubeconfig flag or KUBECONFIG environment variable with each command.

We’ve looked at how you can check your current Kubectl context, list the contexts available in your kubeconfig file, and switch to a different context. These basic operations are easy to learn, but they have a big impact on the ease with which you can administer your Kubernetes environments.

Correctly utilizing contexts allows you to switch efficiently between clusters and swap sets of user credentials, all while using a single kubeconfig file. Use the kubectl config get-contexts command to list all the available contexts, including the current context. You can keep adding new contexts to your configuration and use the kubectl config use-context command to enable them. This is easier and less error-prone than maintaining multiple Kubeconfig files, where you must remember to correctly set the --kubeconfig flag or KUBECONFIG environment variable with each command.