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airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.kube_client

Client for kubernetes communication.

Attributes

log

has_kubernetes

Functions

get_kube_client([in_cluster, cluster_context, config_file])

Retrieve Kubernetes client.

get_async_kube_client([in_cluster, cluster_context, ...])

Retrieve an asynchronous Kubernetes client.

Module Contents

airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.kube_client.log[source]
airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.kube_client.has_kubernetes = True[source]
airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.kube_client.get_kube_client(in_cluster=None, cluster_context=None, config_file=None)[source]

Retrieve Kubernetes client.

Parameters:
  • in_cluster (bool | None) – whether we are in cluster

  • cluster_context (str | None) – context of the cluster

  • config_file (str | None) – configuration file

Returns:

kubernetes client

Return type:

kubernetes.client.CoreV1Api

async airflow.providers.cncf.kubernetes.kube_client.get_async_kube_client(in_cluster=None, cluster_context=None, config_file=None)[source]

Retrieve an asynchronous Kubernetes client.

Mirrors get_kube_client() but builds a kubernetes_asyncio client so that pod-creation API calls can be issued concurrently by the KubernetesExecutor. Reads the same configuration keys (in_cluster, cluster_context, config_file, verify_ssl, ssl_ca_cert).

Parameters:
  • in_cluster (bool | None) – whether we are in cluster

  • cluster_context (str | None) – context of the cluster

  • config_file (str | None) – configuration file

Returns:

asynchronous kubernetes client

Return type:

kubernetes_asyncio.client.CoreV1Api

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