Switching contexts in Kubectl

I have been working with Azure Kubernetes Cluster on Azure for some time now. And I have realized it is a pain managing a lot of contexts. I have to run the Connect commands by going into each Azure AKS cluster every time I want to switch.

Luckily there is an easy way to connect to an AKS cluster locally.

Open your terminal and write this into it

kubectl config get-contexts --no-headers

This gets all the saved contexts in your local machine. The one that is currently active is marked using an asterisk (*)

Once done you can switch between them using the below command

kubectl config use-context <context-name>

And there you go. Next time you don’t have to go to Azure to change your cluster context. Wallah!

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