In Kubernetes, you can use labels to assign key-value pairs to any resources.
Labels are ubiquitous and necessary to everyday operations such as creating services.
However, how should you name and use those labels?
Let’s start with the basics
Any resource in Kubernetes can have labels
Some labels are vital (e.g. service’s selector, operators, etc.), and others are useful to tag resources (e.g. labelling a deployment)
Kubectl offers a --show-labels flag to help you list resources and their labels
