Kubectl

kubectl is the default CLI for Kuberenetes. I use it mostly to apply things directly, or within simple BASH scripts for automation.

Krew

krew is a package manager for kubectl plugins.

Installation

Check out the current installation docs here, but you should be able to run (on macOS/Linux):

brew install krew

Installing Plugins with Krew

Example for installing the ctx plugin:

kubectl krew install ctx

Plugins I actually use

Plugin	Why/What
ctx	kubeconfig context switching to switch to other clusters
ns	switch to different namespaces in the current kubeconfig cluster/context
example	outputs example yaml files for a given cluster resource
deprecations	check which cluster resources are deprecated/will be deprecated soon

todo: fill these in with ascinemas. Check out the examples below to see how they're used.

ns

example

deprecations