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  3. Manage Kubernetes Objects

Manage Kubernetes Objects

Declarative and imperative paradigms for interacting with the Kubernetes API.

Declarative Management of Kubernetes Objects Using Configuration Files

Declarative Management of Kubernetes Objects Using Kustomize

Managing Kubernetes Objects Using Imperative Commands

Imperative Management of Kubernetes Objects Using Configuration Files

Update API Objects in Place Using kubectl patch

Use kubectl patch to update Kubernetes API objects in place. Do a strategic merge patch or a JSON merge patch.

Migrate Kubernetes Objects Using Storage Version Migration

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