kubectl-allctx: kubectl without context switch

Run 'kubectl' commands on contexts in your kubeconfig

Usage

apply

$ kubectl allctx apply -f deployment.yaml

Context: north-america
deployment.apps/awesome-deployment created

Context: west-europe
deployment.apps/awesome-deployment created

get pods

$ kubectl allctx get pods

Context: north-america
NAME                                READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
awesome-app-68d74656c5-rzt2z         1/1     Running   0          108d
awesome-resources-79c896db67-g4d5f   1/1     Running   0          108d
awesome-web-68bd99bb44-x5gg8         1/1     Running   0          108d
grafana-777564df5d-dcl4w             2/2     Running   0          74d

Context: west-europe
NAME                                READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
awesome-app-d7fb8dc96-6w22g          1/1     Running   0          105d
awesome-resources-777564df5d-dcl4w   1/1     Running   0          105d
awesome-web-6449f64fcd-pgphp         1/1     Running   0          105d
grafana-9c57bcc66-f7t9w              2/2     Running   0          74d

$ kubectl allctx get pods --like app

Context: north-america
awesome-app-68d74656c5-rzt2z         1/1     Running   0          108d

Context: west-europe
awesome-app-d7fb8dc96-6w22g          1/1     Running   0          105d

get deploy

$ kubectl allctx get deploy

Context: north-america
NAME               READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
awesome-app         1/1     1            1           108d
awesome-resources   1/1     1            1           108d
awesome-web         1/1     1            1           108d
grafana             1/1     1            1           74d

Context: west-europe
NAME               READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
awesome-app         1/1     1            1           105d
awesome-resources   1/1     1            1           105d
awesome-web         1/1     1            1           105d
grafana             1/1     1            1           74d

$ kubectl allctx get deploy --like grafana

Context: north-america
grafana             1/1     1            1           74d

Context: west-europe
grafana             1/1     1            1           74d

get pv

$ kubectl allctx get pv

Context: north-america
NAME                                       CAPACITY   ACCESS MODES   RECLAIM POLICY   STATUS   CLAIM                                         STORAGECLASS   REASON   AGE
pvc-70ab5227-3dc5-4901-9a3d-9c8542c9f379   10Gi       RWO            Delete           Bound    amazing-namespace/grafana                     default                 74d

Context: west-europe
NAME                                       CAPACITY   ACCESS MODES   RECLAIM POLICY   STATUS   CLAIM                                         STORAGECLASS   REASON   AGE
pvc-8f02ad08-df03-42d9-a9bf-d93338157d15   10Gi       RWO            Delete           Bound    amazing-namespace/grafana                     default                 74d

etc.

Installation

Kubectl Plugins (macOS and Linux)

You can install and use Krew kubectl plugin manager to get kubectl-all.

kubectl krew install allctx

Manual

You should be able to install kubectl-allctx in any POSIX environment where Bash is installed.

• Download kubectl-allctx.
• Either:
  • save it to somewhere in your PATH,
  • or save it to a directory, then create a symlink to kubectl-allctx from somewhere in your PATH, like /usr/local/bin
• Make kubectl-allctx executable (chmod +x kubectl-allctx)

Example installation

sudo git clone https://github.com/onatm/kubectl-allctx /opt/kall
sudo ln -s /opt/kall/kubectl-allctx /usr/local/bin/kubectl-allctx