To install these kubectl plugins:
- Install Krew
- Run
kubectl krew install PLUGIN_NAMEto install a plugin via Krew.
The following kubectl plugins are currently available on
Krew plugin index. Note that this table may be
outdated. For the most up-to-date list of plugins, visit the
krew-index
repository or run kubectl krew search.
| Name | Description | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| access-matrix | Show an RBAC access matrix for server resources |  |
| auth-proxy | Authentication proxy to a pod or service |  |
| bulk-action | Do bulk actions on Kubernetes resources. |  |
| ca-cert | Print the PEM CA certificate of the current cluster |  |
| change-ns | View or change the current namespace via kubectl. |  |
| config-cleanup | Automatically clean up your kubeconfig |  |
| cssh | SSH into Kubernetes nodes |  |
| custom-cols | A "kubectl get" replacement with customizable column presets |  |
| debug-shell | Create pod with interactive kube-shell. |  |
| eksporter | Export resources and removes a pre-defined set of fields for later import |  |
| exec-as | Like kubectl exec, but offers a user flag to exec as root or any other user. |
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| exec-cronjob | Run a CronJob immediately as Job |  |
| get-all | Like 'kubectl get all', but really everything |  |
| gke-credentials | Fetch credentials for GKE clusters | |
| gopass | Imports secrets from gopass |  |
| grep | Filter Kubernetes resources by matching their names |  |
| iexec | Interactive selection tool for kubectl exec |
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| ingress-nginx | Interact with ingress-nginx |  |
| konfig | Merge, split or import kubeconfig files |  |
| krew | Package manager for kubectl plugins. |  |
| kubesec-scan | Scan Kubernetes resources with kubesec.io. |  |
| kudo | Declaratively build, install, and run operators using KUDO. | |
| match-name | Match names of pods and other API objects |  |
| mtail | Tail logs from multiple pods matching label selector | |
| neat | Remove clutter from Kubernetes manifests to make them more readable. |  |
| node-admin | List nodes and run privileged pod with chroot | |
| oidc-login | Log in to the OpenID Connect provider |  |
| open-svc | Open the Kubernetes URL(s) for the specified service in your browser. |  |
| outdated | Finds outdated container images running in a cluster |  |
| passman | Provides glue between common password managers and kubectl for user credentials |  |
| pod-logs | Display a list of pods to get logs from | |
| pod-shell | Display a list of pods to execute a shell in | |
| preflight | Executes application preflight tests in a cluster |  |
| prompt | Prompts for user confirmation when executing commands in critical namespaces or clusters, i.e., production. | |
| prune-unused | Prune unused resources | |
| rbac-lookup | Reverse lookup for RBAC |  |
| rbac-view | A tool to visualize your RBAC permissions. |  |
| resource-capacity | Provides an overview of resource requests, limits, and utilization |  |
| restart | Restarts a pod with the given name |  |
| rm-standalone-pods | Remove all pods without owner references | |
| sniff | Start a remote packet capture on pods using tcpdump and wireshark |  |
| sort-manifests | Sort manifest files in a proper order by Kind |  |
| ssh-jump | A kubectl plugin to SSH into Kubernetes nodes using a SSH jump host Pod |  |
| sudo | Run Kubernetes commands impersonated as group system:masters |  |
| support-bundle | Creates support bundles for off-cluster analysis | |
| tail | Stream logs from multiple pods and containers using simple, dynamic source selection. |  |
| view-secret | Decode secrets | |
| view-serviceaccount-kubeconfig | Show a kubeconfig setting to access the apiserver with a specified serviceaccount. |  |
| view-utilization | Shows cluster cpu and memory utilization |  |
| virt | Control KubeVirt virtual machines using virtctl | |
| warp | Sync and execute local files in Pod |  |
| who-can | Shows who has RBAC permissions to access Kubernetes resources |  |
This page is generated by running the generate-plugin-overview tool.