Kubernetes v1.34: User preferences (kuberc) are available for testing in kubectl 1.34

Kubernetes v1.34: User preferences (kuberc) are available for testing in kubectl 1.34 How it works Defaults Aliases Debugging Get involved Have you ever wished you could enable interactive delete , by default, in kubectl ? Or maybe, you'd like to have custom aliases defined, but not necessarily generate hundreds of them manually ? Look no further. SIG-CLI has been working hard to add user preferences to kubectl , and we are happy to announce that this functionality is reaching beta as part of the Kubernetes v1.34 release. kubectl A full description of this functionality is available in our official documentation , but this blog post will answer both of the questions from the beginning of this article. Before we dive into details, let's quickly cover what the user preferences file looks like and where to place it. By default, kubectl will look for kuberc file in your default kubeconfig directory, which is $HOME/. kube. Alternatively, you can specify this location using --kuberc option or the KUBERC environment variable. kubectl kuberc $HOME/. kube --kuberc KUBERC Just like every Kubernetes manifest, kuberc file will start with an apiVersion and kind : kuberc apiVersion kind apiVersion : kubectl. config. k8s. io/v1beta1 kind : Preference # the user preferences will follow here apiVersion : kubectl.