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This page is part of the Azure documentation. It contains code examples and configuration instructions for working with Azure services.

Bias Analysis

Bias Types:
⚠️ powershell_heavy
⚠️ windows_first
⚠️ missing_linux_example
⚠️ windows_tools
Summary:
The documentation is heavily biased towards Windows environments. All command-line examples are shown in PowerShell, with Windows-style paths (e.g., C:\Users\<username>\.kube), and sample outputs are from PowerShell terminals. The prerequisites and instructions explicitly refer to Windows PowerShell and Windows client systems, with no Linux or macOS equivalents provided. There is no mention of Linux shell usage, Linux file paths, or cross-platform considerations, despite kubectl being cross-platform.
Recommendations:
  • Provide equivalent Linux (bash) and macOS command-line examples alongside PowerShell examples.
  • Include Linux/macOS file path examples (e.g., ~/.kube) and explain where configuration files are stored on non-Windows systems.
  • Update prerequisites to mention supported Linux/macOS environments and required shell versions.
  • Show sample outputs from bash or zsh terminals as well as PowerShell.
  • Avoid assuming the user is on Windows; use neutral language or clarify when instructions are OS-specific.
  • Link to official kubectl installation guides for all platforms, not just Windows PowerShell.
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Scan History

Date Scan ID Status Bias Status
2025-08-17 00:01 #83 in_progress ✅ Clean
2025-07-13 21:37 #48 completed ❌ Biased
2025-07-09 13:09 #3 cancelled ✅ Clean
2025-07-08 04:23 #2 cancelled ❌ Biased

Flagged Code Snippets

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> C:\windows\system32\kubectl.exe version Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"15", GitVersion:"v1.15.2", GitCommit:"f6278300bebbb750328ac16ee6dd3aa7d3549568", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2019-08-05T09:23:26Z", GoVersion:"go1.12.5", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"windows/amd64"} Server Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"15", GitVersion:"v1.15.1", GitCommit:"4485c6f18cee9a5d3c3b4e523bd27972b1b53892", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2019-07-18T09:09:21Z", GoVersion:"go1.12.5", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/application/deployment-scale.yaml -n "test1"
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> kubectl get pods -n "test1" No resources found. PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>
PS C:\Users\username> ls .kube Directory: C:\Users\user\.kube Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- d----- 2/18/2020 11:05 AM cache d----- 2/18/2020 11:04 AM http-cache -a---- 2/18/2020 10:41 AM 5377 config
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> kubectl apply -f https://k8s.io/examples/application/deployment.yaml -n "test1" deployment.apps/nginx-deployment created
PS C:\Users\user> kubectl describe deployment nginx-deployment -n "test1" Name: nginx-deployment Namespace: test1 CreationTimestamp: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:35:29 -0800 Labels: <none> Annotations: deployment.kubernetes.io/revision: 1 kubectl.kubernetes.io/last-applied-configuration: {"apiVersion":"apps/v1","kind":"Deployment","metadata":{"annotations":{},"name":"nginx-deployment","namespace":"test1"},"spec":{"repl... Selector: app=nginx Replicas: 2 desired | 2 updated | 2 total | 2 available | 0 unavailable StrategyType: RollingUpdate MinReadySeconds: 0 RollingUpdateStrategy: 25% max unavailable, 25% max surge Pod Template: Labels: app=nginx Containers: nginx: Image: nginx:1.7.9 Port: 80/TCP Host Port: 0/TCP Environment: <none> Mounts: <none> Volumes: <none> Conditions: Type Status Reason ---- ------ ------ Available True MinimumReplicasAvailable Progressing True NewReplicaSetAvailable OldReplicaSets: <none> NewReplicaSet: nginx-deployment-5754944d6c (2/2 replicas created) Events: Type Reason Age From Message ---- ------ ---- ---- ------- Normal ScalingReplicaSet 2m22s deployment-controller Scaled up replica set nginx-deployment-5754944d6c to 2
PS C:\Users\user> kubectl get pods -l app=nginx -n "test1" NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE nginx-deployment-5754944d6c-7wqjd 1/1 Running 0 3m13s nginx-deployment-5754944d6c-nfj2h 1/1 Running 0 3m13s
PS C:\Users\user> kubectl describe pod "nginx-deployment-5754944d6c-7wqjd" -n "test1" Name: nginx-deployment-5754944d6c-7wqjd Namespace: test1 Priority: 0 Node: k8s-1d9qhq2cl-n1/10.128.46.184 Start Time: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:35:29 -0800 Labels: app=nginx pod-template-hash=5754944d6c Annotations: <none> Status: Running IP: 172.17.246.200 Controlled By: ReplicaSet/nginx-deployment-5754944d6c Containers: nginx: Container ID: docker://280b0f76bfdc14cde481dc4f2b8180cf5fbfc90a084042f679d499f863c66979 Image: nginx:1.7.9 Image ID: docker-pullable://nginx@sha256:e3456c851a152494c3e4ff5fcc26f240206abac0c9d794affb40e0714846c451 Port: 80/TCP Host Port: 0/TCP State: Running Started: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 13:35:35 -0800 Ready: True Restart Count: 0 Environment: <none> Mounts: /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount from default-token-8gksw (ro) Conditions: Type Status Initialized True Ready True ContainersReady True PodScheduled True Volumes: default-token-8gksw: Type: Secret (a volume populated by a Secret) SecretName: default-token-8gksw Optional: false QoS Class: BestEffort Node-Selectors: <none> Tolerations: node.kubernetes.io/not-ready:NoExecute for 300s node.kubernetes.io/unreachable:NoExecute for 300s Events: Type Reason Age From Message ---- ------ ---- ---- ------- Normal Scheduled 4m58s default-scheduler Successfully assigned test1/nginx-deployment-5754944d6c-7wqjd to k8s-1d9qhq2cl-n1 Normal Pulling 4m57s kubelet, k8s-1d9qhq2cl-n1 Pulling image "nginx:1.7.9" Normal Pulled 4m52s kubelet, k8s-1d9qhq2cl-n1 Successfully pulled image "nginx:1.7.9" Normal Created 4m52s kubelet, k8s-1d9qhq2cl-n1 Created container nginx Normal Started 4m52s kubelet, k8s-1d9qhq2cl-n1 Started container nginx
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> kubectl get pods -l app=nginx NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE nginx-deployment-148880595-4zdqq 1/1 Running 0 25s nginx-deployment-148880595-6zgi1 1/1 Running 0 25s nginx-deployment-148880595-fxcez 1/1 Running 0 2m nginx-deployment-148880595-rwovn 1/1 Running 0 2m
PS C:\Users\user> kubectl delete deployment nginx-deployment -n "test1" deployment.extensions "nginx-deployment" deleted