openshift-training/fubectl

Reduces repetitive interactions with kubectl

fubectl

Because it's fancy-kubectl!

Prerequisites?

• fzf
• kubectl
• jq

Installation

You can directly download the fubectl.source and save it in some directory.

Download:

curl -LO https://rawgit.com/kubermatic/fubectl/master/fubectl.source

then add to your .bashrc/.zshrc file:

[ -f <path-to>/fubectl.source ] && source <path-to>/fubectl.source

What can it do?

k - alias for kubectl

Like g for git but 133% more effective!

Examples:

• k get nodes
• k get pods
• k version --short

Usage:

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kall - All pods in all namespaces

Get all pods

Usage:

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kwall - Watch all pods in all namespaces

Watch all pods in all namespaces every 2 seconds.

Usage:

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kdes - Describe a resource

Examples:

• kdes pod
• kdes service
• kdes nodes

Usage:

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kdel - Delete a resource

Examples:

• kdel pod
• kdel secret
• kdel pvc

Usage:

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klog - Print the logs for a container in a pod

Examples:

• klog - Print the last 10 lines
• klog 100 - Print the last 100 lines
• klog 250 -f - Print the last 250 lines and follow the output, like tail -f
• klog 50 -p - Print the last 50 lines of the previous container

Usage:

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kex - Execute a command in a container

Examples:

• kex bash - Start a bash in a container
• kex date - Print the date in a container

Usage:

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kfor - Forward one or more local ports to a pod

Examples:

• kfor 8000 - Forwards port 8000 to a pod
• kfor 8000:80 Fowards local port 8000 to a pod's port 80

Usage:

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ksearch - Search for string in resources

Examples:

• // TODO

Usage:

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kcl - Displays one or many contexts from the kubeconfig file

Context list

Usage:

kcs - Sets the current context

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kcns - Switch the default namespace

kcns - Set the current default namespace from list kcns kube-system - Set kube-system as default namespace immediately

Usage:

kdebug - Start a debugging Pod in a Cluster

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kp - Open the Kubernetes dashboard

Opens localhost:8001/ui in your browser and runs kubectl proxy

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Extra!

Do you wan't to have the current kubecontext in your prompt?:

export PS1="\[$(kube_ctx_name)\] $PS1"

for the current namespace (this is currently slow, because it calls kubectl every time):

export PS1="\[$(kube_ctx_namespace)\] $PS1"