Kubestatus is an free and open-source tool to easily add status page to your Kubernetes cluster that currently display the status (UP or DOWN) of services.It is written in Go and uses the Kubernetes API to fetch information about the clusters and resources.

The tool provides a simple and convenient way to view the current state of your cluster and resources without having to use the kubectl command-line tool or the Kubernetes dashboard and in the same time give you a costumer friendly page that can be used as you main status page.

Features:

• ⚡ Lightweight
• 🔧 Zero configuration
• 📖 Open-source
• 📫 Support TCP and UDP services

Installation

Using helm:

When you have helm installed in your machine, use the following setup:

helm repo add kubestatus https://soub4i.github.io/kubestatus

helm repo update

After install the chart

helm install kubestatus kubestatus/kubestatus --set namespace="default" --n kubestatus --create-namespace --wait

You may also provide a values file instead:

 helm show values kubestatus/kubestatus > ./kubestatus-values.yaml 

Edit the file kubestatus-values.yaml

namespace: "default"

And use that:

helm upgrade --install kubestatus kubestatus/kubestatus --values=kubestatus-values.yaml

Using kubectl:

Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/soub4i/kubestatus
cd kubestatus

Create k8s resources:

kubectl create -f kubestatus.yaml

Configuration

In order to spin up Kubestatus in a Kubernetes cluster quickly, You need to:

• Tell Kubestatus the namespace to watch for that edit ConfigMap and update namespace value
• Tell Kubestatus the services to watch for that add annotation kubestatus/watch='true' to desired services:

kubectl annotate svc my-service-name kubestatus/watch='true'

Example

You created this web application based on nginx image.

cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: apps/v1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: nginx-deployment
spec:
  selector:
    matchLabels:
      app: nginx
  replicas: 1
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: nginx
    spec:
      containers:
      - name: nginx
        image: nginx:1.14.2
        ports:
        - containerPort: 80
EOF

Exposing the web application using k8s service

cat <<EOF | kubectl apply -f -
apiVersion: v1
kind: Service
metadata:
  name: web-service
spec:
  selector:
    app: nginx
  ports:
  - port: 80
EOF

Add annotation to web-service:

kubectl annotate svc web-service kubestatus/watch='true'

In order to visit kubestatus status page you can port-forword the Kubestatus service:

kubectl port-forward service/kubestatus-service 8080:8080 -n kubestatus

🚀 Now navigate to http://localhost:8080 you should see your status page like this:

License

By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under its Apache License 2.0.