How to see current namespace with kubectl?

Question

I'm new to Kubernetes and wondering, if there's a kubectl command to figure out what namespace I'm currently working in?

Running the kubectl get ns command prints out all the namespaces but doesn't show which one I'm in at present.

Does this answer your question? [How to switch namespace in kubernetes](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55373686/how-to-switch-namespace-in-kubernetes) — Jehof, Jun 02 '21 at 20:12

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 02 '21 at 20:14

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You want to inspect the local config for kubectl and see current context. This shows your current context with namespace.

kubectl config get-contexts

Example output - can also be multiple clusters, but only one "current":

$kubectl config get-contexts   
CURRENT   NAME       CLUSTER    AUTHINFO   NAMESPACE    
*         minikube   minikube   minikube   default

answered Jun 02 '21 at 20:14

Jonas

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 02 '21 at 20:20

4

kubectl config get-contexts

Should give you what you need.

answered Jun 02 '21 at 20:20

Hammed

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