Bash script that enables you to aggregate (tail/follow) logs from multiple pods into one stream. This is the same as running "kubectl logs -f " but for multiple pods.
Just download the kubetail file (or any of the releases) and you're good to go.
You can also install kubetail using brew:
$ brew tap johanhaleby/kubetail && brew install kubetail
It's also possible to install kubetail abbreviated to kt by using the --with-short-names suffix:
$ brew tap johanhaleby/kubetail && brew install kubetail --with-short-names
Note that you may need to run compinit for zsh to pick-up the changes in competition after having upgraded from the the non abbreviated installation.
Use brew install --HEAD kubetail to install the latest (unreleased) version.
The easiest option is to install kubetail from homebrew to dynamically display the pods names on $ kubetail <tab>. Alternatively install any of the completion scripts (bash/zsh/fish) manually. For example:
- On Ubuntu, copy the kubetail.bash script to
/etc/bash_completion.d/. - On Mac with zsh copy the kubetail.zsh script to
/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions/_kubetail. - On Mac with fish copy the kubetail.fish script to
~/.config/fish/completions/.
Don't forget to restart your terminal afterwards.
First find the names of all your pods:
$ kubectl get pods
This will return a list looking something like this:
NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE
app1-v1-aba8y 1/1 Running 0 1d
app1-v1-gc4st 1/1 Running 0 1d
app1-v1-m8acl 1/1 Running 0 6d
app1-v1-s20d0 1/1 Running 0 1d
app2-v31-9pbpn 1/1 Running 0 1d
app2-v31-q74wg 1/1 Running 0 1d
my-demo-v5-0fa8o 1/1 Running 0 3h
my-demo-v5-yhren 1/1 Running 0 2hTo tail the logs of the two "app2" pods in one go simply do:
$ kubetail app2
To tail only a specific container from multiple pods specify the container like this:
$ kubetail app2 -c container1
You can repeat -c to tail multiple specific containers:
$ kubetail app2 -c container1 -c container2
To tail multiple applications at the same time seperate them by comma:
$ kubetail app1,app2
For advanced matching you can use regular expressions:
$ kubetail "^app1|.*my-demo.*" --regex
Supply -h for help and additional options:
$ kubetail -h
By using the -k argument you can specify how kubetail makes use of colors (only applicable when tailing multiple pods).
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| pod | Only the pod name is colorized but the logged text is using the terminal default color |
| line | The entire line is colorized (default) |
| false | Don't colorize the output at all |
Example:
$ kubetail app2 -k false
kubetail itself doesn't have filtering or highlighting capabilities built-in. If you're on MacOSX I recommend using iTerm2 which allows for continuous highlighting of search terms, good scrolling capabilities and multitab arrangements. Another useful feature of iTerm2 is the "timeline" (cmd + shift + e) which lets you display a timeline in your own local timezone next to the logs (that are typically in UTC).
If you're not using iTerm2 or think that kubetail is lacking in features there's a fork of kubetail made by Alan Stebbens that allows for richer configuration and uses multitail and bash-lib. Alan has been kind enough to provide a pull request but my current thinking is that I'd like kubetail to stay simple and small and not use any dependencies.
kubetail can take default option values from environment variables matching the option name.
KUBETAIL_SINCE
KUBETAIL_NAMESPACE
KUBETAIL_LINE_BUFFERED
KUBETAIL_COLORED_OUTPUT
KUBETAIL_TIMESTAMPS
KUBETAIL_JQ_SELECTOR
KUBETAIL_SKIP_COLORS
KUBETAIL_TAIL
Pull requests are very welcome!
See also: http://code.haleby.se/2015/11/13/tail-logs-from-multiple-pods-simultaneously-in-kubernetes/