CoreV1Api

2024-07-21
Mastering Kubernetes Python Library: Installation, Configuration, And Pods Listing Examples

k8s python api library

install the official library with pip install kubernetes

the default api config path for k8s is at ~/.kube/config

k3s is at /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml

microk8s is at /var/snap/microk8s/current/credentials/kubelet.config

you can also set KUBECONFIG environment variable to let kubernetes python library know where the config is

to use it:

https://github.com/kubernetes-client/python/blob/master/kubernetes/README.md

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from kubernetes import client, config
# Configs can be set in Configuration class directly or using helper utility
config_path = ...
config.load_kube_config(config_path)
v1 = client.CoreV1Api()
print("Listing pods with their IPs:")
ret = v1.list_pod_for_all_namespaces(watch=False)
for i in ret.items:
print("%s\t%s\t%s" % (i.status.pod_ip, i.metadata.namespace, i.metadata.name))

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