Switch between K8s clusters and ns in kubectl with kubectx & kubens
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Official Project repo: https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx
This repository provides both kubectx and kubens tools.
kubectx helps you switch between clusters back and forth:

kubens helps you switch between Kubernetes namespaces smoothly:

Build the docker image using provided Dockerfile and use it directly for example in a local minikube K8s cluster:
docker run -it --rm \
-v "$($HOME/.kube)":/root/.kube/ \
-v "$($HOME/.minikube)":/root/.minikube/ \
binbash/k8s-kubectx:v1.12.10
NOTE: Check docker image tags which will correspond with the proper K8s version you're currently running:
v1.11.xxv1.12.xxv1.13.xxv1.14.xxv1.15.xxdocker run -it --rm \
-v ~/.kube:/root/.kube \
-v ~/.minikube:/root/.minikube \
-e "KUBECONFIG=/root/.kube/config" \
--entrypoint=bash \
binbash/k8s-kubectx:v1.12.10
kubectl / kubectx / kubensbash-5.0# kubectl config get-contexts
CURRENT NAME CLUSTER AUTHINFO NAMESPACE
minikube_v1.11.10 minikube_v1.11.10 minikube_v1.11.10
* minikube_v1.12.10 minikube_v1.12.10 minikube_v1.12.10 kube-system
minikube_v1.13.8 minikube_v1.13.8 minikube_v1.13.8
minikube_v1.14.4 minikube_v1.14.4 minikube_v1.14.4
minikube_v1.15.1 minikube_v1.15.1 minikube_v1.15.1
bash-5.0# kubectx
minikube_v1.11.10
minikube_v1.12.10
minikube_v1.13.8
minikube_v1.14.4
minikube_v1.15.1
bash-5.0# kubectx minikube_v1.11.10
Switched to context "minikube_v1.11.10".
bash-5.0# kubectx minikube_v1.12.10
Switched to context "minikube_v1.12.10".
bash-5.0# kubens
default
kube-public
kube-system
bash-5.0# kubens kube-public
Context "minikube_v1.12.10" modified.
Active namespace is "kube-public".
bash-5.0# kubectl get pods
No resources found.
bash-5.0# kubens kube-system
Context "minikube_v1.12.10" modified.
Active namespace is "kube-system".
bash-5.0# kubectl get pods
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
coredns-bb49df795-cw7kl 1/1 Running 11 7d8h
coredns-bb49df795-rh6rb 1/1 Running 11 7d8h
etcd-minikube 1/1 Running 0 47s
kube-addon-manager-minikube 1/1 Running 13 7d8h
kube-apiserver-minikube 1/1 Running 0 27s
kube-controller-manager-minikube 1/1 Running 0 37s
kube-proxy-p99pc 1/1 Running 11 6d8h
kube-scheduler-minikube 1/1 Running 12 7d8h
NOTE: Consider al the code and examples from the current repo Makefile for re-building and a minikube local K8s env approach
Content type
Image
Digest
Size
27.8 MB
Last updated
about 6 years ago
docker pull binbash/k8s-kubectx