[Kubernetes (K8S)] k9s: A terminal based UI to interact with your Kubernetes clusters

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k9s

K9s is a terminal based UI to interact with your Kubernetes clusters. The aim of this project is to make it easier to navigate, observe and manage your deployed applications in the wild. K9s continually watches Kubernetes for changes and offers subsequent commands to interact with your observed resources.

k9s

Installation

K9s is available on Linux, macOS and Windows platforms.

Binaries for Linux, Windows and Mac are available as tarballs in the release page.

MacOS

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 # Via Homebrew
$ brew install derailed/k9s/k9s

 # Via MacPort
$ sudo port install k9s

Linux

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 # Via LinuxBrew
$ brew install derailed/k9s/k9s

 # Via PacMan
$ pacman -S k9s

Windows

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# Via scoop
$ scoop install k9s

# Via chocolatey
$ choco install k9s

See - https://k9scli.io/topics/install/ to learn more.

CLI Arguments and Key Bindings

See Commands - https://k9scli.io/topics/commands/ to learn more CLI Arguments and Key Bindings.

References

[3] derailed/k9s: 🐶 Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style! - https://github.com/derailed/k9s

[4] [K9s - Manage Your Kubernetes Clusters In Style - K9s - Manage Your Kubernetes Clusters In Style](K9s - Manage Your Kubernetes Clusters In Style)

[3] k9s/plugins at master · derailed/k9s - https://github.com/derailed/k9s/tree/master/plugins

[7] k9s - Best Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style | ComputingForGeeks - https://computingforgeeks.com/k9s-kubernetes-cli-to-manage-clusters-in-style/