KUSTOMIZE(1)

💖 KUSTOMIZE(1) 💖

✨ NAME ✨

kustomize — customization of Kubernetes YAML configurations 🎀

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay bestie, listen. kustomize manages declarative configuration of Kubernetes. That's the whole vibe.

Like, lowkey the official spot for all of this is over at https://sigs.k8s.io/kustomize — that's the link, go look, I'm not making it up.

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🦋 Usage 🦋

kustomize [command]

That's it. That's the shape of it. You pick a command, you slay. 💅

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👑 Available Commands 👑

These are your girls. Each one is a whole personality:

• build — Builds a kustomization target from a directory or URL. The main character of the whole operation, ngl.
• cfg — Commands for reading and writing configuration. Lowkey essential.
• completion — Generates a shell completion script. So your shell finishes your sentences for you. Iconic behavior.
• create — Creates a new kustomization in the current directory. Starting fresh? This is your moment.
• edit — Edits a kustomization file. Glow-up mode.
• fn — Commands for running functions against configuration. Function time, fr fr.
• help — Help about any command. When you're lost, this one's got you 🫶
• localize — [Alpha] Creates localized copy of target kustomization root at destination. Note the Alpha tag, bestie — that means it's still growing into itself.
• version — Prints the kustomize version. Because knowing what you're running is self-care.

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💅 Flags 💅

• -h, --help — help for kustomize. Your emergency safety net, always there for you.
• --stack-trace — print a stack-trace on error. So when things go sideways you get the full drama of what happened, not just a sad little one-liner.

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🌈 Additional Help Topics 🌈

Extra reading, because knowledge is the real accessory. Every single one of these is tagged [Alpha], so keep that in mind:

• kustomize docs-fn — [Alpha] Documentation for developing and invoking Configuration Functions.
• kustomize docs-fn-spec — [Alpha] Documentation for Configuration Functions Specification.
• kustomize docs-io-annotations — [Alpha] Documentation for annotations used by io.
• kustomize docs-merge — [Alpha] Documentation for merging Resources (2-way merge).
• kustomize docs-merge3 — [Alpha] Documentation for merging Resources (3-way merge).
• kustomize tutorials-command-basics — [Alpha] Tutorials for using basic config commands.
• kustomize tutorials-function-basics — [Alpha] Tutorials for using functions.

And for literally any command up there, if you want the deep lore? Just run kustomize [command] --help for more information about a command. That's the cheat code. 🔥

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kustomize 5.8.1+ds 💜 and it's from April 2026 — so that's the version you're working with and when it landed, and honestly? Periodt. Go build something cute. 🦋✨