Using shell aliases for kubectl commands

Typing kubectl with a command every time is both boring and time-consuming. You can use kubectl command completion in the Bash and Zsh shells, which helps of course, but it is still not as quick as using aliases.

Let's overview a list of some handy kubectl commands and use them with aliases that you can put in the zsh_aliases or bash_aliases files, depending on which shell you are using:

• k for kubectl—this speaks for itself.
• kg for kubectl get—this is useful to get a list of pods, deployments, statefulsets, services, nodes, and other details, as shown in the following example command:

  $ kg nodes

  The output of the preceding command is shown in the following screenshot:

Figure 10.1 – kg nodes output

The preceding screenshot shows a list of available Kubernetes nodes in the cluster by running the $ kg nodes command.

• kd for kubectl describe—this is useful to describe...