kubectl neat: clean exported YAML

Strip status, managedFields, cluster-assigned IPs and default values from kubectl get -o yaml, and get a manifest you can commit.

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Output of kubectl get … -o yaml (or JSON)

Remove Status and server-managed metadata Fields set to their default value Values the cluster assigned (clusterIP, nodePort, nodeName, PVC volumeName) Helm release labels and annotations

Check in manifest checker

What gets removed

Always: status, uid, resourceVersion, generation, creationTimestamp, managedFields, ownerReferences, the last-applied-configuration annotation, and labels the controllers add (pod-template-hash, controller-uid, job-name…).
Defaults: only when the value is exactly the default, such as dnsPolicy: ClusterFirst, terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 30, a 25%/25% rolling update or probe timings of 1s/10s/1/3. A value you changed is kept.
Assigned values: a Service’s clusterIP and nodePort, a pod’s nodeName and a PVC’s volumeName. Keep them only if you re-apply to the same cluster and need the same addresses.

Export the controller, not its pods: a Deployment, StatefulSet or Job manifest recreates the pods.

kubectl get deploy,svc,ingress,configmap -n prod -o yaml > live.yaml

kubectl neat: clean exported YAML

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What gets removed