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User-friendly Kubernetes logging

Kubetail is a real-time logging dashboard for Kubernetes

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Key Features

Quickstart (Desktop)

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
 
# MacPorts
sudo port install kubetail
 
# Winget
winget install Kubetail.Kubetail
 
# Chocolatey
choco install kubetail
 
# Scoop
scoop install kubetail
 
# Ubuntu/Mint
add-apt-repository ppa:kubetail/kubetail
apt update && apt install kubetail-cli
 
# Fedora/CentOS/RHEL
DISTRO="<your_distro>" # Fedora_N | CentOS_N | CentOS_Stream_N | RHEL_N
dnf config-manager addrepo --from-repofile=https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/kubetail/${DISTRO}/home:kubetail.repo
dnf install kubetail-cli
 
# Arch Linux (AUR)
yay -S --noconfirm kubetail-cli
 
# SUSE
zypper addrepo 'https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/kubetail/$releasever/' kubetail
zypper refresh && zypper install kubetail-cli
 
# Gentoo (GURU)
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~$(portageq envvar ARCH)" emerge dev-util/kubetail
 
# asdf
asdf plugin add kubetail https://github.com/kubetail-org/asdf-kubetail.git
asdf install kubetail latest
 
# Nix (Flake)
nix profile add github:kubetail-org/kubetail-nix
 
# Nix (Classic)
nix-env -i -f https://github.com/kubetail-org/kubetail-nix/archive/refs/heads/main.tar.gz

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!

Quickstart (Cluster)

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