debug-pods-lens-extension
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Lens extension, which helps to debug pods
debug-pods-lens-extension
Lens extension, which helps to debug pods
what is the extension for?
This extension is useful for interactive troubleshooting when kubectl exec is insufficient because a container has crashed or a container image doesn't include debugging utilities, such as with distroless images.
how is the extension help to debug?
new menu items
This extension adds new menu items to Pods in Workload -> Pods table The menu includes the next subitems:
| SubItem | Description |
|---|---|
| Run as debug pod | Creates and runs new Pod based on |
| Run as ephemeral image | Attaches and runs ephemeral image to the selected Pod. If the Pod contains 2+ containers you can select which will be linked with an ephemeral container. Warning! Be sure that the current cluster supports this feature |
configuration
The extension adds 3 parameters in File -> Preferences Debug Image: default image, which will be used for ephemeral containers and debug pods, possible values:
| Name | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|
| busybox | Default value | https://hub.docker.com/_/busybox |
| markeijsermans/debug | https://hub.docker.com/r/markeijsermans/debug | |
| praqma/network-multitool | https://hub.docker.com/r/praqma/network-multitool |
Show all debug images in context menu: shows all debug images as context menu for operation
Use ephemeral containers: Just hides/shows subitems related to ephemeral containers for each cluster
Installation
$ git clone https://github.com/pashevskii/debug-pods-lens-extension.git /your/src/path
$ mkdir -p ~/.k8slens/extensions
$ ln -s /your/src/path ~/.k8slens/extensions/debug-pods-lens-extension
$ cd /your/src/path
$ npm install
$ npm run build
or Press CTRL+SHIFT+E on Lens, paste the url and click on Install button: lens 4: https://github.com/pashevskii/debug-pods-lens-extension/releases/download/0.1.2/lens-debug-tools-0.1.2.tgz lens 5: https://github.com/pashevskii/debug-pods-lens-extension/releases/download/0.1.3/lens-debug-tools-0.1.3.tgz
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