Add ability to use server_side_apply to utils.create_from_yaml

[dcmcand]

What type of PR is this?

/kind feature

What this PR does / why we need it:

Allows utils.create_from_yaml functions to optionally use server side apply. This is a feature that has been requested numerous times. It will allow applying a manifest more than once without throwing an error or updating manifests and reapplying (similar to how kubectl apply works).

Which issue(s) this PR fixes:

Fixes #2251
Addresses #2030
Part of #1737

Special notes for your reviewer:

Does this PR introduce a user-facing change?

Added the ability to use the optional `apply` parameter for functions within the `utils.create_from_yaml` submodule. This allows these functions to optionally use the `DynamicClient.server_side_apply` function to apply yaml manifests.

Additional documentation e.g., KEPs (Kubernetes Enhancement Proposals), usage docs, etc.:

[Usage]: create_from_yaml(kubernetes_client, manifest, apply=True)

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[dcmcand]

/assign @yliaog @roycaihw

[dcmcand]

@yliaog, is there anything I can do to help get this looked at?

[dcmcand]

@yliaog @roycaihw Is there anything I can do to help get this looked at?

[troll-warlord]

When should i expect this to be released?

[marcelovilla]

Hey @yliaog @roycaihw! We could use this feature in our project. Are you planning to review this anytime soon? Thanks for all the work!

[yliaog]

sure, i'll take a look in the next couple of days.

[yliaog]

/lgtm
/approve

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[scottrbrtsn]

This is beautiful. I tried 31.0.0 and did not see this in the latest release. For folks wanting this prior to its release, you can add the lib and point the version to the master branch of this repo.

pip: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20101834/pip-install-from-git-repo-branch
poetry: https://python-poetry.org/docs/dependency-specification/#git-dependencies

[MatthewCane]

@yliaog this change is incredibly useful, is there a chance there could be a 31.1.0 release for the client with this change so downstream users can make use of it without having to rely on using a branch source as @scottrbrtsn mentioned above?

[yliaog]

https://github.com/kubernetes/sig-release/tree/master/releases/release-1.32

it will be included in 1.32 release, which is coming soon.

[MatthewCane]

Great news! Thank you for the update!