https://thebighouse.nl/tags/namespaces/Recent content in Namespaces on TheBigHouseHugoenTue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thebighouse.nl/writing/k8s-03-namespaces/Tue, 13 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://thebighouse.nl/writing/k8s-03-namespaces/<p>Namespaces let development and production have their own copies of an application in the same cluster.</p> <p>In chapter two, you gave nginx a front door. Add a development copy and naming things gets awkward. You could call everything <code>nginx-development</code>, <code>nginx-production</code>, and so on. Kubernetes gives you another place to put that distinction: the namespace.</p> <p>Think of a cluster as a building with several flats. Each flat can have its own kitchen without the residents agreeing on a unique name for it. A namespace gives a group of Kubernetes resources that kind of address.</p>