kubectl apply -f crds.yaml fails with metadata.annotations: Too long error

[zhuopeng]

To reproduce
kubectl apply -f helm/solr-operator/crds/crds.yaml

getting error
customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/solrbackups.solr.bloomberg.com configured Warning: kubectl apply should be used on resource created by either kubectl create --save-config or kubectl apply customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/solrcollectionaliases.solr.bloomberg.com configured customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/solrcollections.solr.bloomberg.com configured customresourcedefinition.apiextensions.k8s.io/solrprometheusexporters.solr.bloomberg.com configured The CustomResourceDefinition "solrclouds.solr.bloomberg.com" is invalid: metadata.annotations: Too long: must have at most 262144 bytes

It happens for any version >0.2.6

It is likely related to this kubernetes/kubectl#712. When using kubectl apply to install CRD, kubectl apply use "last-applied-configuration" to store previous CRD configuration. And it exceed the limit.

[HoustonPutman]

Use kubectl replace instead, it's what we use in the Makefile now. For CRDs, replace is better than apply, even without the annotation.