Kubermeister documentation
A desktop client for Kubernetes. Here is how to use it.
Start here
Section titled “Start here”InstallHomebrew, the macOS and Windows installers, AppImage, .deb and .rpm.
Connect your first clusterHow Kubermeister reads your kubeconfig, and what to do when it will not load.
Find your way aroundThe sidebar, the top bar, the command palette and the detail layout.
Your first five minutesFind a workload, follow its logs, open a shell and forward a port.
SettingsTimeouts, refresh cadence, log buffer, proxies, certificates and updates.
Browsing the cluster
Section titled “Browsing the cluster”Resource listsSearch, sort, choose columns, and select rows to export or delete.
Manifests and YAMLEdit with a dry run and a review of the changes, or create from a template or a file.
Supported resource kindsEvery kind the app shows, and where it sits in the sidebar.
Keyboard shortcutsThe keys the app responds to, from the command palette to the editors.
The things people open it for
Section titled “The things people open it for”LogsFollowing a pod or every pod of a workload, searching and highlighting.
Shell into a podAn exec session that belongs to its pod and ends with the tab.
Port forwardingForwards to a pod or a Service, listed and stopped from the top bar.
Helm releasesHistory, rollback and uninstall, kept readable by the Helm CLI.
RolloutsCompare two revisions and roll back to one that actually undoes the change.
Draining a nodeCordon, see the plan, then watch each pod leave.
When something is wrong
Section titled “When something is wrong”TroubleshootingConnection failures, credential plugins, timeouts and empty screens.
SecurityWhat the app can reach, what it never does, and how the build is hardened.