Install

To run Kubetail inside your Kubernetes cluster, you can install the application and its required resources using tools such as Helm, Glasskube, or do it manually with YAML manifests.

Helm

To install Kubetail using 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 verify that the installation worked, you can inspect the application’s pods:

kubectl get pods -n kubetail-system

YAML Manifest

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 verify that the installation worked, you can inspect the application’s pods:

kubectl get pods -n kubetail-system

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

Next Steps

Once Kubetail is running inside your cluster, you can access it using your usual access methods such as kubectl proxy or kubectl port-forward:

• kubectl proxy

  kubectl proxy

  Visit http://localhost:8001/api/v1/namespaces/kubetail-system/services/kubetail-dashboard:8080/proxy/ 

• kubectl port-forward

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

  Visit http://localhost:8080 

To make the Kubetail web dashboard easier to access you can also expose it using a service or an ingress.

For more information about the Kubetail Dashboard, check out the documentation here.