k8ss

k8s cluster and namespace switcher

Prerequisites

• nodejs installed (tested in version 12)
• kubectl installed
• k8s-config folder in home directory, for example:

~
 |-- k8s-config
       |-- hangzhou
              |-- config
       |-- beijing
              |-- config

Installation

npm install k8ss --global

Usage

List all configured clusters

k8ss list

Switch to cluster or namespace

# full usage:
k8ss switch --cluster=hangzhou --namespace=test

# switch namespace only without change cluster:
k8ss s --namespace=stage

Login

k8ss login

How

• move the related config file into ~/.kube
• execute kubectl config set-context $(kubectl config current-context) --namespace=<namespace>

FAQ

• npm WARN checkPermissions Missing write access to /usr/local/nvm/versions/node/v12.13.1/lib/node_modules

  Then you can install it locally by npm i k8ss and then run it as ./node_modules/.bin/k8ss switch --namespace=xxx.