How to switch kubectl clusters between gcloud and minikube

Question

I have Kubernetes working well in two different environments, namely in my local environment (MacBook running minikube) and as well as on Google\'s Container Engine (GCE, Kubern

Answer 1

TL;DR: I created a GUI to switch Kubernetes contexts via AppleScript. I activate it via shift-cmd-x.

I too had the same issue. It was a pain switching contexts by the command line. I used FastScripts to set a key combo (shift-cmd-x) to run the following AppleScript (placed in this directory: $(HOME)/Library/Scripts/Applications/Terminal).

use AppleScript version "2.4" -- Yosemite (10.10) or later
use scripting additions

do shell script "/usr/local/bin/kubectl config current-context"
set curcontext to result

do shell script "/usr/local/bin/kubectl config get-contexts -o name"
set contexts to paragraphs of result

choose from list contexts with prompt "Select Context:" with title "K8s Context Selector" default items {curcontext}
set scriptArguments to item 1 of result

do shell script "/usr/local/bin/kubectl config use-context " & scriptArguments

display dialog "Switched to " & scriptArguments buttons {"ok"} default button 1