Configure

You can modify the default settings for the kubetail CLI tool using a local settings file. By default kubetail looks for the file in $HOME/.kubetail/config.yaml but you can specify a different location using the -c/--config flag. The file can be in yaml, toml or json format.

To initialize the config file you can use config init command:


kubetail config init

You can also use the template file found here :


## Kubetail CLI Configuration File
# 
# This file defines the behavior for the kubetail CLI tool, 
# including logs command defaults and dashboard server settings.
#
 
## version ##
#
# Schema version for the configuration file
#
version: 1
 
## general ##
#
general:
 
  ## kubeconfig ##
  #
  # Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
  # If empty, the default path (~/.kube/config) or KUBECONFIG env var is used.
  #
  # Default value: ""
  #
  kubeconfig: ""
 
## commands ##
#
commands:
 
  ## logs ##
  #
  # Settings specific to the 'logs' subcommand
  #
  logs:
 
    ## head ##
    #
    # The number of lines to show from the beginning of the log buffer
    #
    # Default value: 10
    #
    head: 10
 
    ## tail ##
    #
    # The number of lines to show from the end of the log buffer
    #
    # Default value: 10
    #
    tail: 10
 
    ## kube-context ##
    #
    # The specific Kubernetes context to use. 
    # If empty, the current active context is used.
    #
    # Default value: ""
    #
    kube-context: ""
 
  ## serve ##
  #
  # Settings for the dashboard server
  #
  serve:
 
    ## host ##
    #
    # The network interface the server should bind to.
    #
    # Default value: localhost
    #
    host: localhost
 
    ## port ##
    #
    # The TCP port the server will listen on.
    #
    # Default value: 7500
    #
    port: 7500
 
    ## skip-open ##
    #
    # If true, the CLI will not automatically open the browser 
    # when the server starts.
    #
    # Default value: false
    #
    skip-open: false