Python: [question] How can I get current-context

[hoangphuocbk]

I created a connection to remote K8s server with username and password. How can I get current-context like using command: "kubectl config current-context"

[nurus]

@hoangphuocbk you can use config.list_kube_config_contexts()[1] to get the current context.

[hoangphuocbk]

Thank @nurus ^^

[richstokes]

This seems to just return the context at position [1] from all your available contexts.

Is there a way to get the currently active one?

[tomplus]

@richstokes No, it returns a tuple (all_context, current) so list_kube_config_contexts()[1] gives you the current context.

[adubkov]

How to select specific context?

[adubkov]

To select specific context:

kubernetes.config.load_kube_config(
            config_file=os.environ['KUBECONFIG'],
            context="my-context")

This will set configuration for kubernetes.client. It won't change your kubectl context, just internally for that specific object of kubernetes.client.

[andyfeller]

How does this work for load_incluster_config()? From what I can tell, it doesn't. If that's so, I'd appreciate a generic solution that works within and without.

[bradym]

I was also looking for a way to change context when using load_incluster_config() until I realized that doesn't make sense. Why? Context is the combination of cluster, namespace and user. So @adubkov has the right answer - always use load_kube_config() if you want to the ability to specify the context to use.