mirceanton / kswitcher

The most basic implementation of a `kubeconfig` file manager, written in python.

kswitcher

The most basic implementation of a kubeconfig file manager, written in python.

Prerequisites

• Python 3

Installation

Convenience Script

Download the installation script to a file, inspect it, and then run it:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mirceanton/kswitcher/v1.0.0/scripts/install.sh -o get-kswitcher.sh
sudo sh ./get-kswitcher.sh

Manual Installation

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/mirceanton/kswitcher.git

2. Change into the cloned directory:

   cd kswitcher

3. Install the dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Add the python script to PATH

   chmod +x kswitcher.py
   sudo mv kswitcher.py /usr/local/bin/kswitcher

Usage

To switch between Kubernetes contexts, follow these steps:

1. Configure your Kubernetes context files:

   • By default, the script assumes the context files are located in ~/.kube/configs directory. You can specify a different directory by setting the environment variable KSWITCHER_CONFIGS_DIR to the desired directory path.
   • Each context file should be a valid Kubernetes YAML configuration file, containing a single context definition
   • The script reads the contexts section of each configuration file to determine the available contexts.

2. Run the script:

   python kswitcher.py [context_name]

   If you provide the context_name argument, the script will switch to that context if it exists.

   If no argument is provided, the script will prompt you to choose a context from the available options.

License

MIT

Author Information

A script developed by Mircea-Pavel ANTON.