base on k'exp - Kubernetes Explorer # k'exp - Kubernetes Explorer Understand Kubernetes - the visual way. Not yet another attempt to manage production clusters in the browser. k'exp is for: - Learning and exploring Kubernetes capabilities - Application development (object graph _presets_ for every app) - Controller and operator development (dynamic object graphs) - [coming soon] Postman-like client and request builder for Kubernetes API k'exp can reflect the state of your cluster in real-time: ![k'exp in action](./assets/images/kexp-cluster-changes.gif) k'exp can also give you a quick overview of "related" objects: ![k'exp in action](./assets/images/kexp-preset-related-objects.gif) ...as well as show object-specific insights: ![k'exp in action](./assets/images/kexp-pod-insights-min.png) ## In the wild You can try k'exp at every [Kubernetes Playground](https://labs.iximiuz.com/playgrounds?category=kubernetes) on iximiuz Labs. Some tutorials also use k'exp to visualize Kubernetes objects and their relationships: - [Making Sense Out of Native Sidecar Containers in Kubernetes](https://labs.iximiuz.com/tutorials/kubernetes-native-sidecars) You can also find [a few short demos on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3ea3TG5uHXhzzk9gK4oNQk14lYyxdxPx). ## Installation Grab the latest release from GitHub: ```sh GOOS=linux GOARCH=amd64 curl -Ls https://github.com/iximiuz/kexp/releases/latest/download/kexp_${GOOS}_${GOARCH}.tar.gz | tar xvz sudo mv kexp /usr/local/bin ``` At the moment, the only system `kexp` is actively tested on is Linux amd64, but builds for Darwin amd64/arm64 and Linux arm64 are also available. ## Usage It's a statically linked Go binary with an embedded UI. If you already have `kubectl` configured to access your cluster(s), you can run `kexp` too - it uses the same `KUBECONFIG` discovery logic. By default, `kexp` starts a server on `localhost:5173`: ```sh kexp open localhost:5173 ``` Alternatively, you can specify a custom address: ```sh kexp --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8090 ``` ## How it works `kexp` is a daemon that uses the local `KUBECONFIG` to access Kubernetes API. Thus, it's as powerful (and potentially **destructive!**) as your `kubectl` can get. The daemon lists Kubernetes API resources and objects, may start a bunch of watchers for the objects of interest, and even delete objects if you ask it to (via the UI). The UI is a single-page application written in TypeScript and Vue and embedded into the daemon binary. ## Development Pre-requisites: ```sh go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@latest cd ui npm install # Optional kind create cluster # ...or minikube start ``` Running the dev server and the UI is easy: ```sh # In terminal 1 make back-run-dev # In terminal 2 make front-run-dev ``` After that, you can access the UI at `http://localhost:5173`. ## Contributing Contributions are welcome! ", Assign "at most 3 tags" to the expected json: {"id":"4324","tags":[]} "only from the tags list I provide: []" returns me the "expected json"