ktx

Overview

Managing kubeconfig files can become tedious when you have multiple clusters and contexts to switch between. ktx aims to reduce friction caused by switching between various configurations.

ktx takes the approach of modifying the KUBECONFIG environment variable to select the desired config.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Your shell is bash or zsh.
• git is installed.

Install

# Clone the ktx repo
git clone https://github.com/heptiolabs/ktx
cd ktx

# Install the bash function
cp ktx "${HOME}"/.ktx

# Add this to your "${HOME}/".bash_profile (or similar)
source "${HOME}"/.ktx

# Install the auto-completion
cp ktx-completion.sh "${HOME}"/.ktx-completion.sh

# Add this to your "${HOME}/".bash_profile (or similar)
source "${HOME}"/.ktx-completion.sh

# Reload your shell
exec bash

Usage

Once ktx is installed you can use it as auto-complete:

$ kubectl get po
The connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?
# useful to see what clusters you have in ${HOME}/.kube/
$ ktx <tab><tab>
alpha beta gamma delta epsilon
$ ktx gamma
$ kubectl get po
No resources found.

Optional Bells & Whistles

PS1

It is helpful to display the active cluster in the command prompt.

Steps

1. Find out what the current value of PS1: echo "${PS1}"
2. Put "\$(basename \${KUBECONFIG:=\"\"})" in front of the existing value of PS1

Note: The backslashes are very important. This tells bash to re-evaluate every time instead of once on load.

Example

salazar:ktx cha$ echo "${PS1}"
\h:\W \u$

# inside .bash_profile
export PS1="\$(basename \${KUBECONFIG:=\"\"}) \h:\W \u$ "

# Reload your shell
exec bash

Pronunciation Guide

ktx is pronounced as "k thanks"