k8s-stuff

Helpful tools and software I've used with K8s

Distros and Management

• K3s
• kops
• Rancher
  • Rancher Terraform Provider

Command Line

• K9s
• Kubectx & Kubens (included with kubectx install)
• Aliases

alias kgn="kubectl get node"
alias kgs="kubectl get svc"
alias kgd="kubectl get deploy"
alias kgp="kubectl get pod"
alias kgi="kubectl get ingress"
alias kns="kubens"
alias ktx="kubectx"

Ingress

• nginx-ingress - used in most K8s clusters
  • app-root - if your applications root path is different than /
• alb-ingress-controller - use ALB's as ingress endpoints, super convenient

Storage

• longhorn - really easy to use persitent storage, replicates across nodes for backup
• ebs csi driver - use ebs volumes for persistent storage

Secrets

• external-secrets - uses aws ssm/secrets manager for generating kubernetes secrets

Misc

• cluster-autoscaler
• dnsutils test
• rancher overlay test
• service internal loadbalancer - turn a service into a basic NLB
• Kube Pug - check what you're going to break before upgrading K8s versions