Export kubectl readable yamls

1export_kubectl.sh

export ns=NAMESPACE # Change this

export PATH="${KREW_ROOT:-$HOME/.krew}/bin:$PATH"

for n in $(kubectl -n $ns get -o=name pvc,configmap,serviceaccount,secret,ingress,service,deployment,statefulset,hpa,job,cronjob)
do
	echo "Exporting $n..."
    mkdir -p $(dirname $n)
    # old # kubectl get -o=yaml --export $n > $n.yaml
	kubectl -n $ns get $n -o yaml | kubectl-neat  > $n.yaml

done

2ReadMe.md

Install - No Admin

from: https://krew.sigs.k8s.io/docs/user-guide/setup/install/

Krew (plugin manager)

(
  set -x; cd "$(mktemp -d)" &&
  OS="$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')" &&
  ARCH="$(uname -m | sed -e 's/x86_64/amd64/' -e 's/\(arm\)\(64\)\?.*/\1\2/' -e 's/aarch64$/arm64/')" &&
  KREW="krew-${OS}_${ARCH}" &&
  curl -fsSLO "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew/releases/latest/download/${KREW}.tar.gz" &&
  tar zxvf "${KREW}.tar.gz" &&
  ./"${KREW}" install krew
)

Neat (kubectl plugin)

export PATH="${KREW_ROOT:-$HOME/.krew}/bin:$PATH"
kubectl-krew update
kubectl-krew install neat

Links

• General Export: kubernetes/kubernetes#24873
• Nice export after --export deprecated: https://stackoverflow.com/a/66294685/1997873
• WSL workaround for krew\neat... just use kubectl-{plugin} bin: kubernetes/kubectl#603 (comment)