ksniff vs kubectl-plugins

ksniff

Kubectl plugin to ease sniffing on kubernetes pods using tcpdump and wireshark (by eldadru)

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kubectl-plugins

Various kubectl plugins to facilitate recurrent operations on a cluster. (by link-society)

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3,048	Stars	2
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0.0	Activity	3.0
1 day ago	Latest Commit	almost 3 years ago
Go	Language	Go
Apache License 2.0	License	MIT License

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ksniff

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unknown field "capabilities" in io.k8s.api.core.v1.PodSecurityContext (running tshark in a container/k8s pod)
1 project | /r/codehunter | 6 May 2023

so probably the right way is to use some tool like that (ksniff) or setup a sidecar container. But I am still curious to why I get the above error.
Running tcpdump on eks worker nodes
2 projects | /r/kubernetes | 24 Apr 2023

I've used https://github.com/eldadru/ksniff with success. Recently on this sub Kubeshark was also mentioned.
Getting started with kubectl plugins
20 projects | dev.to | 18 Jan 2023

Link to GitHub Repository
Kubeshark PCAP Export
2 projects | /r/kubernetes | 7 Jan 2023

There also is https://github.com/eldadru/ksniff which starts wireshart GUI
Tool for debugging a node: process list, tcpdump, etc
3 projects | /r/kubernetes | 8 Oct 2022

I have used Ksniff as a kubectl plugin that act as a "Wireshark tool" for containers https://github.com/eldadru/ksniff
How can I see mTLS traffic in a K8s cluster that also uses Istio?
1 project | /r/devops | 30 Mar 2022

I've found ksniff useful for monitoring Kubernetes traffic with wireshark: https://github.com/eldadru/ksniff
Viewing / troubleshooting at the network level
3 projects | /r/kubernetes | 12 Dec 2021

KSniff https://github.com/eldadru/ksniff lets you do full packet capture.
Making Kubernetes Operations Easy with kubectl Plugins
15 projects | dev.to | 1 Oct 2021

ksniff - known as sniff is a tool for debugging and capturing networking data. It's able to attach to a pod and using tcpdump to forward networking data to your local Wireshark. This tool also works pretty well with tshark - the command-line version of Wireshark.
Pod-to-pod network delays in AKS
1 project | dev.to | 18 Mar 2021

Install ksniff - https://github.com/eldadru/ksniff#installation

kubectl-plugins

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Ask HN: Is there bots that clone GitHub repositories?
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Jun 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ksniff and kubectl-plugins you can also consider the following projects:

kubecolor - colorizes kubectl output

kubectx - Faster way to switch between clusters and namespaces in kubectl

netshoot - a Docker + Kubernetes network trouble-shooting swiss-army container

kubefwd - Bulk port forwarding Kubernetes services for local development.

kubepug - Kubernetes PreUpGrade (Checker)

outdated - Kubectl plugin to find and report outdated images running in a Kubernetes cluster

kubelogin - kubectl plugin for Kubernetes OpenID Connect authentication (kubectl oidc-login)

kubectl-neat - Clean up Kubernetes yaml and json output to make it readable

kubeshark - The API traffic analyzer for Kubernetes providing real-time K8s protocol-level visibility, capturing and monitoring all traffic and payloads going in, out and across containers, pods, nodes and clusters. Inspired by Wireshark, purposely built for Kubernetes

k9s - 🐶 Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!

lazykubectl - A Terminal UI client for kubernetes