How to delete the dangling namespace in kubernetes
How to delete the dangling namespace in kubernetes
If you have got a dangling namespace which in Terminating state forever like below
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NAME STATUS AGE
test-solutions Terminating 7d1h
You can get rid of them using simple hack below, Reference 1
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NAMESPACE=your-rogue-namespace
kubectl proxy &
kubectl get namespace $NAMESPACE -o json |jq '.spec = {"finalizers":[]}' >temp.json
curl -k -H "Content-Type: application/json" -X PUT --data-binary @temp.json 127.0.0.1:8001/api/v1/namespaces/$NAMESPACE/finalize
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