dnivra26 / kctl

A CLI wrapper for making kubernetes commands much easier

kctl

A CLI wrapper for making kubernetes commands much easier

Build

Before building the tool, install rust and cargo

On Linux and macOS systems, this is done as follows:

curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh

Change namespace from src/main.rs and set your desired namespace

Then run

cargo build --release 

You will find the binary in /target folder

Installation

Homebrew

brew tap alaminopu/kctl https://github.com/alaminopu/kctl.git  
brew install kctl

Manual

chmod a+x kctl

mov kctl /usr/local/bin

Kubernetes commands

1. Getting all pods of your defined namespace.

   kctl pod
   

   Search specific pods with app name

   kctl pod <app-name>
   

2. Getting all services of your defined namespace.

   kctl svc 
   

   Search specific service with app name

   kctl svc <app-name>
   

3. Getting all deployments of your defined namespace.

   kctl deploy 
   

   Search specific deploy with app name

   kctl deploy <app-name>
   

4. Checking logs of any of the deployment or app of your defined namespace.

   kctl logs <app-name>
   

   Example:

   kctl logs search
   

5. Port forward any of the deployment or app of your defined namespace.

   kctl forward <app-name> <port-number>
   

   Example:

   kctl forward search 8030
   

   or

   kctl forward search 8030:8030
   

6. Exec to any pod of the deployment or app of your defined namespace. By default it will try to use bash.

   kctl exec <app-name>
   

   Example:

   kctl exec search