kubernetes - K8s get back my yaml files from running cluster

Question

Okay first let me say please don't judge. Believe me, I am kicking myself in the ass.

So I lost my hard disk on my laptop which held the Kubernetes yaml files that I ran against a Kubernetes Cloud cluster. I don't have the latest backup which is the problem.

does anyone know how to get just the yaml I ran against the K8s cloud server. I can get to the cluster and run kubectl get pod my-pod -o yaml but of course, it adds a lot of things. I am just looking for the yaml that I ran.

I am stressing here and have learned my lesson. Backup, Backup and verify Backup.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65889833/k8s-get-back-my-yaml-files-from-running-cluster

Answer 1

You can use this and extend it to your needs:

kubectl get [resource type] -n [namespace] [resource Name] -o yaml > [output.yaml]

The -o yaml will do the job

Note

You will get some extra information provided by your cloud providers like history, version, and more.

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Lens

https://k8slens.dev/

You can use Lens which will allow you to view & edit your resources so you will be able to copy the YAML from it.