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Copying kubernetes resources accross namespaces
kubectl get rs,secrets -o json --namespace old | jq '.items[].metadata.namespace = "new"' | kubectl create-f -
@cgrinker
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cgrinker commented May 3, 2018

Reads corrected

kubectl get rs,secrets -o json --namespace old | jq '.items[].metadata.namespace = "new"' | kubectl create -f  -

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ST-DDT commented Jul 16, 2018

It might be neccessary to delete some metadata in order to apply/create it. I'm not sure which values I had to delete to make it work, but the UUID is probably a good start.

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dilumr commented Jul 25, 2018

Also consider using the --export option on get command:

--export=false: If true, use 'export' for the resources.  Exported resources are stripped of cluster-specific information.

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ST-DDT commented Jun 27, 2019

Export is now deprecated 😢

@cmoulliard
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The command kubectl get secret www-snowdrop-dev-tls -n snowdrop-site -o yaml | sed 's/namespace: snowdrop-site/namespace: generator-site/' | kubectl create -n generator-site -f - is failing

for: "STDIN": Operation cannot be fulfilled on secrets "www-snowdrop-dev-tls": the object has been modified; please apply your changes to the latest version and try again

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So what is the alternative to --export ?

@Sureshravi40
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I wanted too make a copy all my resources running in sandbox namespace to staging namespace , Hence tired running this following cmd

kubectl get rs,secrets -o json --namespace sandbox | jq '.items[].metadata.namespace = "staging"' | kubectl create -f -

A copy of my resources gets created inside staging namespace, all the pods fails with an error:

authorization-55b866f8c4-7nkxp 0/1 CreateContainerConfigError 0 77s
consults-6b796cf5f4-wrjbf 0/1 CreateContainerConfigError 0 77s
core-api-8dd575db9-9bgth 0/1 CreateContainerConfigError 0 77s

what I am doing wrong? I just wanted to make a copy of this resources into staging namespace and play around

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