k8sdelns

Tool for force deletion of Kubernetes namespaces

Description

If your Kubernetes cluster namespace stuck in the "Terminating" state you can use this tool for its fast forced deletion

Prerequisites

$ k create ns test
namespace/test created
$ kubectl delete ns test
namespace "test" deleted
$ kubectl get ns
NAME                  STATUS        AGE
default               Active        66d
kube-node-lease       Active        66d
kube-public           Active        66d
kube-system           Active        66d
kubectl-debug-agent   Active        23h
test                  Terminating   43s

Installation

• Install jq (https://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/)

• Download k8sdelns sources

curl -Lo k8sdelns-v1.1.tar.gz https://github.com/jenoOvchi/k8sdelns/archive/v1.1.tar.gz

• Extract k8sdelns sources

tar -zxvf k8sdelns-v1.1.tar.gz

• Add execution permission to k8sdelns script

cd k8sdelns-1.1/
chmod +x k8sdelns

• Move k8sdelns script to /usr/local/bin/

sudo mv k8sdelns /usr/local/bin/

• Delete k8sdelns sources

cd ..
rm -rf k8sdelns-v1.1/
rm v1.0.tar.gz

Usage

Execute k8sdelns script with your namespace name (for example "test"):

k8sdelns test