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Managing a Kubernetes context

Within Kubernetes, a context is useful to:

  • Manage multiple development, testing, and production environments.
  • Simplify your interaction when working with multiple clusters and namespaces.

You can edit or duplicate a context using the UI. This helps in defining contexts with different configurations within your Kubernetes configuration file. Having contexts with different configurations enables easy switching between environments during development.

Prerequisites​

Procedure: Edit a context​

  1. Go to the Settings > Kubernetes page.
  2. Click the Edit Context icon. The Edit Context popup window opens. edit context icon
  3. Optional: Edit the name of the context.
  4. Enter a namespace, such as testing or production, for the context. edit context window
  5. Click Save.

Procedure: Duplicate a context​

  1. Go to the Settings > Kubernetes page.
  2. Click the Duplicate Context icon.

Verification​

  • Edit a context: View the updated context details on the same page. updated context details
  • Duplicate a context: View the duplicated context on the same page.

Additional resources​