suich

Switch k8s context easily

Install Suich

prerequisite

• Need to set $GOPATH in your PC
• Add $GOPATH/bin in your $PATH variable

install

go get -u github.com/a8uhnf/suich

check installation

$ suich help

Root command for switch context in k8s config

Usage:
  suich [flags]
  suich [command]

Available Commands:
  gcp         Command to switch gcloud config[IN PROGRESS]
  help        Help about any command
  kubectl     Update to provided kubectl version.
  pf          port-forward kubernetes pod.[IN PROGRESS]
  rm          Remove context and cluster from kubeconfig
  switch      To switch context use this command

Flags:
  -h, --help   help for suich

Use "suich [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Usage

suich switch [switch k8s context]

1. Use the switch command

  $ suich switch

2. Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to switch contexts when prompted with options

----------
2019/05/12 14:24:18 Starting reading config file....
2019/05/12 14:24:18 Successfully read kube-config...
Use the arrow keys to navigate: ↓ ↑ → ←
? Select context:
▸ dev-context
  prod-context
  minikube

3. Hit Enter key & you have successfully changed context without moving much muscle!

  ✔ dev-context

suich rm [remove k8s context from config]

1. suich rm

2. select cluster with up/down arrow key

2019/05/22 23:51:00 Successfully read kube-config...
Use the arrow keys to navigate: ↓ ↑ → ←
? Select context:
  ▸ cluster-1
    cluster-2
    cluster-3
↓   cluster-4

3. Select clluster's kubeconfig will be removed from config file

Download specific version of kubectl

1. use suich kubectl command

Update to provided kubectl version. Kubectl version must be provided. now by default machine type set to amd64

Usage:
  suich kubectl [flags]

Flags:
  -h, --help             help for kubectl
  -v, --version string   kubectl valid version (default "v1.9.0")

2. suich kubectl -v v1.10.0 this command will download kubectl v1.10.0 and change your local kubectl version

Set context's deault namespace

1. use suich ns
2. select namespace from prompt and selected namespace will be set as default namespace.

$ suich ns
Use the arrow keys to navigate: ↓ ↑ → ←
? select namespace:
    default
  ▸ namespace-1
    namespace-2
    namespace-3
↓   namespace-4

successfully changed default namespace to namespace-1

3. check if namespace is set to your selected namespace.

$ kubectl config get-contexts namespace-1
---

CURRENT   NAME                            CLUSTER                         AUTHINFO                        NAMESPACE
*         cluster-1                       cluster-1                       cluster-1                       namespace-1

Get logs for a pod

1. use suich logs
2. select namespace from prompt and selected namespace will be set as default namespace.
3. if you do not have access to fetch the namespaces, use suich logs -n <namespace>
4. if you want to watch the logs, use suich logs -f

$ suich logs -n <namespace>
Use the arrow keys to navigate: ↓ ↑ → ←
? Select Pod:
    default
  ▸ pod-1
    pod-2
    pod-3
↓   pod-4

<logs>