kubectl-trace
Schedule bpftrace programs on your kubernetes cluster using the kubectl (by iovisor)
stern
⎈ Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes -- Friendly fork of https://github.com/wercker/stern (by stern)
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| kubectl-trace | stern | |
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| 2 | 16 | |
| 1,974 | 2,796 | |
| 1.7% | 5.1% | |
| 3.2 | 6.0 | |
| 6 months ago | 5 days ago | |
| Go | Go | |
| MIT License | Apache License 2.0 |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
kubectl-trace
Posts with mentions or reviews of kubectl-trace.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-18.
stern
Posts with mentions or reviews of stern.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-09.
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☸️ Kubernetes: From your docker-compose file to a cluster with Kompose
deploy: stage: deploy image: alpine/k8s:1.29.1 variables: NAMESPACE: $CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG before_script: # init namespace - kubectl config use-context $KUBE_CONTEXT - kubectl create namespace $NAMESPACE || true # download tools - curl --show-error --silent --location https://github.com/stern/stern/releases/download/v1.22.0/stern_1.22.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar zx --directory /usr/bin/ stern && chmod 755 /usr/bin/stern && stern --version - curl --show-error --silent --location https://github.com/kubernetes/kompose/releases/download/v1.32.0/kompose-linux-amd64 -o /usr/local/bin/kompose && chmod a+x /usr/local/bin/kompose && kompose version # show logs asynchronously. Timeout to avoid hanging indefinitely when an error occurs in script section - timeout 1200 stern -n $NAMESPACE "app-" --tail=0 --color=always & # in background, tail new logs if any (current and incoming) pod with this regex as name - timeout 1200 kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get events --watch-only & # in background, tail new events in background script: # first delete CrashLoopBackOff pods, polluting logs - kubectl -n $NAMESPACE delete pod `kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get pods --selector app.kubernetes.io/component=$MODULE | awk '$3 == "CrashLoopBackOff" {print $1}'` || true # now deploying - kompose convert --out k8s/ - kubectl apply -n $NAMESPACE -f k8s/ - echo -e "\e[93;1mWaiting for the new app version to be fully operational...\e[0m" # waiting for successful deployment - kubectl -n $NAMESPACE rollout status deploy/app-db - kubectl -n $NAMESPACE rollout status deploy/app-back - kubectl -n $NAMESPACE rollout status deploy/app-front # on any error before this line, the script will still wait for these threads to complete, so the initial timeout is important. Adding these commands to after_script does not help - pkill stern || true - pkill kubectl || true after_script: # show namespace content - kubectl config use-context $KUBE_CONTEXT - kubectl -n $NAMESPACE get deploy,service,ingress,pod
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stern VS stern - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 11 Dec 2023
The old repo is dead
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🦊 GitLab CI: 10+ Best Practices to Avoid Widespread Anti-patterns
node-and-git: image: node:18.10-alpine before_script: - apk --no-cache add git kubectl-and-stern: image: alpine/k8s:1.22.13 before_script: # install stern - curl --show-error --silent --location https://github.com/stern/stern/releases/download/v1.22.0/stern_1.22.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar zx --directory /usr/bin/ stern && chmod 755 /usr/bin/stern playwright-and-kubectl: image: mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.35.1-focal before_script: # install kubectl - curl --show-error --silent --location --remote-name https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.25.3/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl && chmod +x ./kubectl && mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/
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K9s: A lazier way to manage Kubernetes Clusters
I'll add stern (https://github.com/stern/stern) to that - follow logs from multiple pods easily.
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What k8s related tool you wish you knew earlier?
Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes https://github.com/stern/stern
- What's your "IDE" of choice nowadays?
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How to Deploy and Scale Strapi on a Kubernetes Cluster 1/2
stern v1.22.0
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Getting started with kubectl plugins
Link to GitHub Repository
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Julia Evans: Tips for Analyzing Logs
If you are using Kubernetes, I highly recommend using https://github.com/stern/stern
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What daily terminal based tools are you using for cluster management?
Stern: https://github.com/stern/stern for log streaming
What are some alternatives?
When comparing kubectl-trace and stern you can also consider the following projects:
kubectx - Faster way to switch between clusters and namespaces in kubectl
kubetail - Bash script to tail Kubernetes logs from multiple pods at the same time
bpftrace - High-level tracing language for Linux eBPF [Moved to: https://github.com/bpftrace/bpftrace]
awesome-k8s-resources - A curated list of awesome Kubernetes tools and resources.
ebpf_exporter - Prometheus exporter for custom eBPF metrics
kail - kubernetes log viewer
eBPF-Guide - eBPF (extended Berkeley Packet Filter) Guide. Learn all about the eBPF Tools and Libraries for Security, Monitoring , and Networking.
cw - The best way to tail AWS CloudWatch Logs from your terminal
kubectl-debug - This repository is no longer maintained, please checkout https://github.com/JamesTGrant/kubectl-debug.
openlens-node-pod-menu - Node and pod menus for OpenLens
kubectl-vpa-recommendation - kubectl plugin to compare VPA recommendations to actual resources requests
saw - Fast, multi-purpose tool for AWS CloudWatch Logs
kubectl-trace vs kubectx
stern vs kubetail
kubectl-trace vs bpftrace
stern vs awesome-k8s-resources
kubectl-trace vs ebpf_exporter
stern vs kail
kubectl-trace vs eBPF-Guide
stern vs cw
kubectl-trace vs kubectl-debug
stern vs openlens-node-pod-menu
kubectl-trace vs kubectl-vpa-recommendation
stern vs saw