Using K9s

K9s is installed onto the seed VM. You can use this for a more interactive view of the Kubernetes clusters. From the seed, either run k9s with KUBECONFIG unset to view the K3s cluster, or export the provided KUBECONFIG file to view the HA cluster.

$ ./bin/seed-ssh
ubuntu@azimuth-staging-seed:~$ export KUBECONFIG=./kubeconfig-azimuth-staging.yaml
ubuntu@azimuth-staging-seed:~$ k9s

By default, you are viewing the pods in the default namespace.

Pods view in K9s

Here's some simple commands to get started:

View all namespaces by pressing 0.

All pods in K9s

Select a pod with the arrow keys and view its logs with l.

capo-controller logs in K9s

Switch between resources with :<resource-type>. For example:

:machines
:clusters
:pods

See the k9s docs for more details.

Last update: March 21, 2025
Created: March 21, 2025