What Actually Happens When You Type kubectl apply

1. 1Run kubectl apply -v=5 to observe the API requests made to the Kubernetes API server
2. 2Configure the Kubernetes API server to log requests and responses for debugging purposes
3. 3Test the reconciliation loop by creating a resource and then updating it using kubectl apply
4. 4Apply a YAML configuration file using kubectl apply -f to see how the API server processes the request
5. 5Use kubectl describe to inspect the resulting resources and verify their state

DevOps engineers and Kubernetes administrators can benefit from this knowledge to better manage and troubleshoot their clusters

💡 kubectl apply triggers a reconciliation loop that ensures the cluster's state matches the desired state defined in the YAML configuration

Ever wondered what happens when you run kubectl apply? Dive into Kubernetes internals and API writes!