kubectl-annotate

adds or updates annotations on Kubernetes resources

TLDR

Add annotation to resource

$ kubectl annotate [pod/mypod] [key]=[value]

Remove annotation

$ kubectl annotate [pod/mypod] [key]-

Overwrite existing annotation

$ kubectl annotate --overwrite [pod/mypod] [key]=[newvalue]

Annotate all pods in namespace

$ kubectl annotate pods --all [key]=[value]

SYNOPSIS

kubectl annotate [type/name] key=value [options]

kubectl annotate adds or updates annotations on Kubernetes resources. Annotations are key-value pairs for storing metadata. Unlike labels, annotations are not used for selection but for tools and libraries.

PARAMETERS

--overwrite

Allow overwriting existing annotations.

--all

Select all resources of specified type.

--selector selector

Label selector for filtering.

-n, --namespace name

Kubernetes namespace.

INSTALL

sudo apt install kubectl

sudo pacman -S kubectl

sudo apk add kubectl

brew install kubectl

nix profile install nixpkgs#kubectl