Quick Guide to VCF Automation for VCD Administrators

 🚀 DEVOPS DAILY DOSE: KUBERNETES NAMESPACES — YOUR CLUSTER ORGANIZER

Ever walked into a messy office where everyone’s stuff is mixed up?

That’s exactly what happens in a Kubernetes cluster without namespaces!

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WHAT ARE NAMESPACES? —

Namespaces in Kubernetes are like separate rooms in the same building.

They let you divide a single cluster into multiple virtual clusters, each with its own resources, policies, and permissions.

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WHY USE NAMESPACES? —

✅ Organization – Group related workloads together (e.g., dev, test, prod)

✅ Access Control – Assign permissions using Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)

✅ Resource Quotas – Prevent one team from hogging all the CPU/memory

✅ Conflict Avoidance – Different teams can use the same resource names without clashing

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REAL-WORLD SCENARIO —

Imagine you’re a DevOps engineer in a fintech company:

Namespace: dev → For developers to test new features

Namespace: staging → For QA to validate before release

Namespace: prod → Live environment serving real users

This way, even if someone accidentally deletes a resource in dev, production remains safe!

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COMMON COMMANDS —

List namespaces:

'''

kubectl get namespaces

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Create a namespace:

'''

kubectl create namespace team-a

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Apply resources to a namespace:

'''

kubectl apply -f app.yaml -n team-a

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KEY TAKEAWAYS —

🔹 Namespaces = Logical separation in the same cluster

🔹 Improve security, organization, and resource management

🔹 Crucial for large teams or multi-environment setups