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Use recommended name label#

Deployments and services must use the app.kubernetes.io/name label.

Description#

Kubernetes defines a common set of labels that are recommended for tool interoperability. These labels should be used to consistently apply standard metadata.

The app.kubernetes.io/name label should be used to specify the name of the application.

Recommendation#

Consider setting the recommended label app.kubernetes.io/name on deployment and service resources.

Notes#

The Kubernetes recommended labels include:

  • app.kubernetes.io/name
  • app.kubernetes.io/instance
  • app.kubernetes.io/version
  • app.kubernetes.io/component
  • app.kubernetes.io/part-of
  • app.kubernetes.io/managed-by
Last update: 2020-07-15