kubeswitch

Kubeswitch

Kubernetes context and namespace switching with style. Inspired by Kubie with additional features that Kubie lacks.

Prerequisites

• go 1.14+
• make

Installation

Download

You can download Kubeswitch from releases page.

MacOS

$ brew install ckt114/tap/kubeswitch

Build

You can build Kubeswitch by running the following commands.

$ git clone https://github.com/ckt114/kubeswitch
$ cd kubeswitch
$ make
$ sudo make install

Default Configuration

Install default configuation to as $HOME/.kubeswitch.yaml.

$ make install-config

Shell Completion

Bash

$ make bash-completion

ZSH

$ make zsh-completion

Fish

$ make fish-completion

Usage

Without Shell Completion

# Switching context. Use context or ctx commands.
$ kubeswitch ctx [ENTER]
? Select context. / to search:
    aws-east1
    aws-west1
    k3s
  ▸ kind

# Switching namespace. Use namespace or ns commands.
(kind|default) $ kubeswitch ns [ENTER]
? Select namespace. / to search:
    argocd
    default
  ▸ jenkins
    kube-node-lease
    kube-public
    kube-system
(kind|jenkins) $

With Shell Completion

# Switching context. Use context or ctx commands.
$ kubeswitch ctx [TAB]
aws-east1  aws-west1   k3s  kind

# Switching namespace. Use namespace or ns commands.
(kind|default) $ kubeswitch ns [TAB]
argocd  default  jenkins  kube-node-lease  kube-public  kube-system

Configuration

Kubeswitch default config file is $HOME/.kubeswitch.yaml. Use -c or --config flags or KUBESWITCH_CONFIG environment variable to override default config file. The following keys are used by Kubeswitch

• kubeConfig - Kubernetes config file to merge into Kubeswitch session file KUBESWITCH_KUBECONFIG
• configs - Array list of path patterns to search for Kubernetes config files
• promptSize - Number of items to show for selection promptKUBESWITCH_PROMPTSIZE
• noPrompt - Don't use selection prompt; print each item per lineKUBESWITCH_NOPROMPT
• purge
  • days - Number of days to retain Kubeswitch session filesKUBESWITCH_PURGE_DAYS

Shell Prompt

Using shell prompt integration will greatly help knowing which Kubernetes context and namespace you're currently interacting with.

Bash and ZSH

• kube-ps1

Fish

• fish-kubectl-prompt