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Published inSep 2018
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Onur Yılmaz
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Onur Ylmaz is a senior software engineer in a multinational enterprise software company. He is a certified Kubernetes administrator (CKA) and works on Kubernetes and cloud management systems. He is a keen supporter of cutting-edge technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native applications. He has one master's and two bachelor's degrees in the engineering field.
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Extending Kubernetes Clients

Kubernetes client applications and libraries are the main entry points for accessing the Kubernetes API. With these applications and libraries, it is possible to automate and extend Kubernetes operations.

For the official Kubernetes client applications, kubectl can be extended by writing plugin applications. Some of the most popular plugins enhance the capabilities of kubectl:

  • It switches the Kubernetes cluster context automatically
  • It calculates and displays the uptime information of pods
  • It connects via SSH into a container with a specific user

Official Kubernetes code generators can generate official Kubernetes client libraries and Kubernetes server codes. These generators create the required source code for internal versioned types, clients informers, and protobuf codecs.

With the extension points on client applications and libraries, it is...

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Onur Yılmaz

Onur Ylmaz is a senior software engineer in a multinational enterprise software company. He is a certified Kubernetes administrator (CKA) and works on Kubernetes and cloud management systems. He is a keen supporter of cutting-edge technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud-native applications. He has one master's and two bachelor's degrees in the engineering field.
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