Advanced Tools

kubectx + kubens

kubectx is a tool to switch between contexts (clusters) on kubectl faster.
kubens is a tool to switch between Kubernetes namespaces (and configure them for kubectl) easily.

git clone https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx /opt/kubectx
ln -s /opt/kubectx/kubectx /usr/local/bin/kubectx
ln -s /opt/kubectx/kubens /usr/local/bin/kubens
kubectx -h
kubens -h

K9s

K9s is a terminal based UI to interact with your Kubernetes clusters. The aim of this project is to make it easier to navigate, observe and manage your deployed applications in the wild.

K9S_LATEST=$(curl --silent "https://api.github.com/repos/derailed/k9s/tags" | jq -r '.[0].name')
curl --silent --location "https://github.com/derailed/k9s/releases/download/${K9S_LATEST}/k9s_Linux_amd64.tar.gz" | tar xz -C /tmp
mv /tmp/k9s /usr/local/bin
k9s version