K9s to managing your k8s cluster

Are you tired of managing and debugging your Kubernetes cluster? If so, K9s is a tool for you!

What is K9s?

K9s provides a terminal UI to interact with your Kubernetes clusters. You can manage your cluster easily.

Install

brew install derailed/k9s/k9s

Basic usage

• exec ctx
• exec pods
• exec node group
• exec svc
• port-forwards
• logs
• delete resource
• describe resource

Command:
  :ctx,                         list contexts
  :pods,                        list pods
  :node,                        list node
  :svc,                         list service
  y,                            show resource manifest
  d,                            kubectl describe
  ctrl-d,                       delete resource
  l,                            show logs

why use?

Based on my experience Managing Kubernetes is hard without UI. Then I found this awesome OSS. is quite helpful, It will save you time in managing and debugging your cluster.

Conclusion

This tool is quite helpful for managing and debugging your k8s!

Thank you for reading my article, Happy Coding!

Reference:

derailed/k9s: 🐶 Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!