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, users, 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

• A running Podman machine.
• A Kubernetes cluster.

Procedure: Edit a context

1. Go to the Settings > Kubernetes page.
2. Click the Edit Context icon. The Edit Context popup window opens.
3. Edit any of the following context details:
   • Name
   • Cluster
   • User
   • Namespace
4. 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.
• Duplicate a context: View the duplicated context on the same page.

Additional resources

• Viewing and selecting the current Kubernetes context