User-friendly Kubernetes logging

Kubetail is a real-time logging dashboard for Kubernetes

Key Features

Clean, easy-to-use interface
View log messages in real-time
Filter logs by:
- Workload (e.g. Deployment, CronJob, StatefulSet)
- Absolute or relative time range
- Node properties (e.g. availability zone, CPU architecture, node ID)
Uses your Kubernetes API to retrieve log messages so data never leaves your possession (private by default)
Web dashboard can be installed on desktop or in cluster
Multi-cluster support (Desktop-only)
Open source (Apache-2.0 license)

Quickstart (Desktop)

Homebrew

First, install the Kubetail CLI tool (kubetail) via homebrew :


brew install kubetail

Next, start the web dashboard using the serve subcommand:


kubetail serve

This command will open http://localhost:7500/ in your default browser. Have fun viewing your Kubernetes logs in realtime!

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. Have fun viewing your Kubernetes logs in realtime!

Binaries

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

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. Have fun viewing your Kubernetes logs in realtime!

Quickstart (Cluster)

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