User-friendly Kubernetes logging

Package Managers

First, install the Kubetail CLI tool (kubetail) via your favorite package manager:

# Homebrew
brew install kubetail
 
# Krew
kubectl krew install kubetail
 
# Snap
sudo snap install kubetail
 
# Winget
winget install Kubetail.Kubetail
 
# Chocolatey
choco install kubetail
 
# Scoop
scoop install kubetail
 
# asdf
asdf plugin add kubetail https://github.com/kubetail-org/asdf-kubetail.git
asdf install kubetail latest
 
# Arch Linux (AUR)
git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/kubetail-bin.git
cd kubetail-bin && makepkg -si

Next, start the web dashboard using the serve subcommand:

kubetail serve

This command will open http://localhost:7500/  in your default browser. You can also view logs directly in your terminal using the logs subcommand:

kubetail logs frontend:deployments/web --tail=10 --follow

Have fun tailing your logs!

Shell

First, download and run the install.sh script:

curl -sS https://www.kubetail.com/install.sh | bash

Next, start the web dashboard using the serve subcommand:

kubetail serve

This command will open http://localhost:7500/  in your default browser. You can also view logs directly in your terminal using the logs subcommand:

kubetail logs frontend:deployments/web --tail=10 --follow

Have fun tailing your logs!

Binaries

Download the binary for your OS/Arch (from the latest release binaries ):

• Darwin/amd64 
• Darwin/arm64 
• Linux/amd64 
• Linux/arm64 
• Windows/amd64 

Rename the file and make it executable:

mv <filename> kubetail
chmod a+x kubetail

Next, start the web dashboard using the serve subcommand:

kubetail serve

This command will open http://localhost:7500/  in your default browser. You can also view logs directly in your terminal using the logs subcommand:

kubetail logs frontend:deployments/web --tail=10 --follow

Have fun tailing your logs!

Helm

First, add the Kubetail org’s chart repository, then install the “kubetail” chart:

helm repo add kubetail https://kubetail-org.github.io/helm-charts/
helm install kubetail kubetail/kubetail --namespace kubetail-system --create-namespace

For more information on how to configure the helm chart, see the chart’s values.yaml  file.

To access the web dashboard you can expose it as an ingress using the chart or you can use your usual access methods such as kubectl port-forward:

kubectl port-forward -n kubetail-system svc/kubetail-dashboard 8080:8080

Visit http://localhost:8080 

YAML Manifest

First, create a namespace for the Kubetail resources:

kubectl create namespace kubetail-system

Next, choose your authentication mode (cluster or token) and apply the latest manifest file:

# For cluster-based authentication use kubetail-clusterauth.yaml:
kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubetail-org/helm-charts/releases/latest/download/kubetail-clusterauth.yaml
 
# For token-based authentication use kubetail-tokenauth.yaml:
kubectl apply -f https://github.com/kubetail-org/helm-charts/releases/latest/download/kubetail-tokenauth.yaml

To access the web dashboard you can use your usual access methods such as kubectl port-forward:

kubectl port-forward -n kubetail-system svc/kubetail-dashboard 8080:8080

Visit http://localhost:8080 

Glasskube

To install Kubetail using Glasskube , you can select “Kubetail” from the “ClusterPackages” tab in the Glasskube GUI then click “install” or you can run the following command:

glasskube install kubetail

Once Kubetail is installed you can use it by clicking “open” in the Glasskube GUI or by using the open command:

glasskube open kubetail

Minikube

As of minikube  v1.36.0, you can install Kubetail as an addon:

minikube addons enable kubetail

Once the Kubetail pods are running in the cluster you can access it via a service:

minikube service -n kubetail-system kubetail-dashboard