# Manage Kubernetes Objects

> Declarative and imperative paradigms for interacting with the Kubernetes API.

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LLMS index: [llms.txt](/llms.txt)

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Section pages:

- [Declarative Management of Kubernetes Objects Using Configuration Files](/docs/tasks/manage-kubernetes-objects/declarative-config/)
- [Declarative Management of Kubernetes Objects Using Kustomize](/docs/tasks/manage-kubernetes-objects/kustomization/)
- [Managing Kubernetes Objects Using Imperative Commands](/docs/tasks/manage-kubernetes-objects/imperative-command/)
- [Imperative Management of Kubernetes Objects Using Configuration Files](/docs/tasks/manage-kubernetes-objects/imperative-config/)
- [Update API Objects in Place Using kubectl patch](/docs/tasks/manage-kubernetes-objects/update-api-object-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](/docs/tasks/manage-kubernetes-objects/storage-version-migration/)