Kubectl How to List All Contexts

Question

How do I view all the contexts I have set up with kubectl?

It doesn't appear there's a resource known to kubectl as 'contexts'

$ kubectl get contexts
error: the server doesn't have a resource type "contexts"

Accepted Answer

You can view all contexts via the config command

$ kubectl config get-contexts

Answer 2

For the kubectl command, use this command to list all the contexts:

kubectl config get-contexts

You can view the default config file that locates at ~/.kube/config, it contains more info like clusters, users, ...

Answer 3

In addition to you answer, you can use kubectx tool to easily switch between clusters and namespaces.

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