Kubernetes¶

Quick Reference¶

Alias	Action
`k`	`kubectl`
`kx`	Switch context (kubectx)
`kns`	Switch namespace (kubens)
`kt`	Tail pod logs (kubetail)
`kgpa`	Get all pods, all namespaces
`kgp`	Get pods
`kgs`	Get services
`kgd`	Get deployments
`kgn`	Get nodes

Debugging¶

Debug Pod¶

Launch an ephemeral pod for debugging:

kdebug                           # busybox in default namespace
kdebug -n kube-system            # in specific namespace
kdebug -i nicolaka/netshoot      # with custom image
kdebug -- curl http://my-svc     # run a specific command

Admin Pod (Network Debugging)¶

Launch a netshoot pod with full networking tools:

kadmin                            # in default namespace
kadmin -n kube-system             # in specific namespace
kadmin -- dig kubernetes.default  # DNS lookup
kadmin -- tcpdump -i eth0        # Packet capture

Cluster Operations¶

Clean Up Pods¶

kclean              # Delete all Succeeded pods
kclean Failed       # Delete all Failed pods

Or via task:

task kubectl:pods:clean    # Delete both Succeeded and Failed pods

Drain Cordoned Nodes¶

task kubectl:drain:condoned

Finds all cordoned (unschedulable) nodes and drains them.

Delete Namespaces¶

# By prefix
kdelete_namespaces_with_prefix dev-

# Empty namespaces
kdelete_empty_namespaces
kdelete_empty_namespaces --yes              # Skip confirmation
kdelete_empty_namespaces --prefix test-     # Only matching prefix

Remove Stuck Finalizers¶

When a resource won't delete because of finalizers:

kremovefinalizers namespace my-stuck-ns
kremovefinalizers pod my-stuck-pod

Inspection¶

Pods by Node¶

kpodbynode ip-10-0-1-123.ec2.internal

Pods by Label¶

kpodbylabel app=nginx

K9s¶

K9s is a terminal UI for Kubernetes.

Theme¶

Uses Catppuccin Mocha with multiple variants available:

catppuccin-mocha (default)
catppuccin-macchiato
catppuccin-frappe
catppuccin-latte
Transparent variants
Nord

Custom Aliases¶

Shortcut	Resource
`dp`	Deployments
`sec`	Secrets
`jo`	Jobs
`cr`	ClusterRoles
`crb`	ClusterRoleBindings
`ro`	Roles
`rb`	RoleBindings
`np`	NetworkPolicies

Resource Thresholds¶

CPU: Warning at 70%, Critical at 90%
Memory: Warning at 70%, Critical at 90%

Shell Pod¶

K9s shell pods use busybox:1.35.0 with:

CPU: 100m
Memory: 100Mi
Namespace: default

Inline Resource Editor¶

Create or apply Kubernetes manifests inline:

inline_kubectl_editor create
inline_kubectl_editor apply

Opens an inline editor for quick YAML editing without creating files.