Make a plugin: kubectl tail

[ahmetb]

👋 Hello, maintainer of the kubectl plugin manager krew here (https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew).

What do you think of distributing this as a kubectl plugin named kubectl tail?

Why?

• kubectl plugins are becoming a thing now, we have over 30 plugins.
• kubectl tail is more natural and memorable than a custom binary name
• krew helps you package/distribute your tool on macOS, Linux and Windows so you don't deal with homebrew, apt/dnf, chocolatey etc separately.

I suspect there would be no code changes required. The release process would involve periodic updates to the plugin manifest file hosted at https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/krew-index/tree/master/plugins.

[boz]

Hi @ahmetb, thanks for reaching out.

Yes, that sounds great! Do plugins have to adhere to any standards such as argument parsing, etc...?

Is there anything I need to do other than to make a PR for the manifest file?

[ahmetb]

We only enforce naming guidelines in krew-index repo.
Ideally you should use the k8s.io/cli-runtime/pkg/genericclioptions for the flags like -n/-namespace, but it’s optional.

Give it a try sometime. We have a developer guide in krew repository.

[boz]

fixed in kubernetes-sigs/krew-index#150

[ahmetb]

You can also document installation as a plugin if you’d like.

1. Install krew
2. kubectl krew install tail