Kubernator

Kubernetes object tree viewer and manifest editor. Lightweight and fast, compared to similar extensions on the marketplace.

Features

• view your cluster objects grouped by namespace, including Custom Resources
• edit, create, delete object manifests and apply them to your cluster
• clean object manifest, stripping read-only fields and fields with default values
• RBAC friendly
• multilpe clusters, but only one active per vscode instance for solidity
• uses kubectl proxy to be fast and friendly

Requirements

kubectl should be in the PATH and authorized.

Example usage

Edit object

1. Select some object in tree view, e.g. any Deployment. A manifest editor will open.
2. Make changes to the manifest.
3. Save the manifest as always. The changes will apply to your cluster.

Clone and edit object

1. Select some object in tree view, e.g. any Deployment. A manifest editor will open.
2. Run command Kubernator: Clean in command palette. A new tab with cleaned manifest will open.
3. Make changes to the manifest.
4. Run command Kubernator: Create in command palette. New object will be created in your cluster and a new tab with this object will open.

Commands

Important commands:

• Kubernator: Create: analogue of kubectl create -f manifest.yaml for active editor
• Kubernator: Clean: clean manifest in active editor, deleting read-only fields and fields with defaults
• Kubernator: Delete: delete object in active editor
• Kubernator: Reveal: reveal object in active editor
• Kubernator: Switch context: select kubectl context
• Kubernator: Reconfigure: reload API resources and manifest schema (executed on startup, maybe required after CRD installation or cluster upgrade)

Context menu actions

• Pod → Shell: create terminal with command kubectl -n NS exec -it POD_NAME -- sh
• PVC → Go to PV: reveal PV bound to the PVC

Settings

See Feature Contributions extension page.