K9s

Sources:

• k9scli.io
• k9s Cheatsheet

Installation

On mac:

brew install k9s

On Linux (if you do not mind an old version):

sudo snap install k9s

Important directories

Run k9s info for location of important directories, e.g. logs.

Configuration Files

Hotkey config:

• MacOS: ~/Library/Application Support/k9s/hotkey.yml
• Linux: ~/.config/k9s/hotkey.yml (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/k9s/hotkey.yml)
• Windows: %LOCALAPPDATA%\k9s\hotkey.yml

hotkey.yml

hotKey:
  f1:
    shortCut: F1
    description: View pods
    command: pods
  f2:
    shortCut: F2
    description: View deployments
    command: dp
  f3:
    shortCut: F3
    description: View statefulsets
    command: sts
  f4:
    shortCut: F4
    description: View services
    command: service
  f5:
    shortCut: F5
    description: View ingresses
    command: ingress

Key Bindings

Press ? for summary

Sort by column

Pods view:

Key	Sort by
Shift-A	Age
Shift-C	Cpu
Ctrl-X	CPU/L
Shift-X	Cpu/R
Shift-I	Ip
Shift-M	Mem
Ctrl-Q	Sort MEM/L
Shift-Z	MEM/R
Shift-N	Name
Shift-O	nOde
Shift-P	namesPace
Shift-R	Ready
Shift-S	Status
Shift-T	resTarts

Repeat the command to flip the order.

Search

1. Press /
2. Type search term, e.g. ked, press Enter
3. Navigate as usual: use arrows or j to go to next, k to go to previous.