Kontena Lens - Revision history

DrEdWilliams at 10:34, 26 October 2021

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 == Installation ==
-Kontena Lens is installed via 'snap' on Linux.  These instructions are excerpted from https://snapcraft.io/kontena-lens
+Kontena Lens can be installed via 'snap' on Linux, but that method appears to not work as well as I would have hoped.  Updates are irregular, and there seems to be no way to ensure you are at the most current version.  Instead, just download the packages from https://k8slens.dev.  Packages are available for Windows, MacOS, and RPM/DEB Linux.  Newer versions can be installed as they arrive.  The Windows version at least tries to let you know a new version is available, but the self-update is not fully reliable.
 == Configuration ==
-When started, Lens will ask for a kubernetes config file -- either a file on the local system (e.g. ''~/.kube/config'') or allows you to paste a config file from another system.
+When started, Lens will ask for a kubernetes config file -- either a file on the local system (e.g. ''~/.kube/config'') or it allows you to paste a config file from another system.
-It appears that it expects Prometheus to be installed to get performance data ... in the cluster settings (Alt-Shift-S or File->Cluster Settings) at the bottom it offers to install Prometheus for you.
+It appears that it expects Prometheus to be installed to get performance data ... in the cluster settings (Alt-Shift-S or File->Cluster Settings) at the bottom it offers to install Prometheus for you.  It will allocate a Persistent Volume (PV) if a default storageclass is set up, or just use ephemeral storage within the pods.

DrEdWilliams: /* Installation */

2020-12-26T03:03:49Z

Installation

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	Kontena Lens is installed via 'snap' on Linux. These instructions are excerpted from https://snapcraft.io~~/install~~/kontena-lens		Kontena Lens is installed via 'snap' on Linux. These instructions are excerpted from https://snapcraft.io/kontena-lens

	=== Enable snapd ===		=== Enable snapd ===

DrEdWilliams at 00:54, 26 December 2020

2020-12-26T00:54:55Z

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	When started, Lens will ask for a kubernetes config file -- either a file on the local system (e.g. ''~/.kube/config'') or allows you to paste a config file from another system.		When started, Lens will ask for a kubernetes config file -- either a file on the local system (e.g. ''~/.kube/config'') or allows you to paste a config file from another system.

	It appears that it expects Prometheus to be installed to get performance data ... ~~will have~~ to ~~research that ..~~.		It appears that it expects Prometheus to be installed to get performance data ... in the cluster settings (Alt-Shift-S or File->Cluster Settings) at the bottom it offers to install Prometheus for you.

DrEdWilliams: Created page with "Kontena Lens is an IDE for Kubernetes ... from the product documentation:
Lens is the most powerful IDE for people who need to deal with Kubernetes clusters on a d..."

2020-12-26T00:48:34Z

Created page with "Kontena Lens is an IDE for Kubernetes ... from the product documentation: <blockquote>Lens is the most powerful IDE for people who need to deal with Kubernetes clusters on a d..."

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Kontena Lens is an IDE for Kubernetes ... from the product documentation:
<blockquote>Lens is the most powerful IDE for people who need to deal with Kubernetes clusters on a daily basis. Ensure your clusters are properly setup and configured. Enjoy increased visibility, real time statistics, log streams and hands-on troubleshooting capabilities. With Lens, you can work with your clusters more easily and fast, radically improving productivity and the speed of business.</blockquote>

Note that this is functionally a replacement for the k8dash dashboard, but it operates as a desktop application instead of as a pod within the cluster being monitored.
__NOTOC__
== Installation ==
Kontena Lens is installed via 'snap' on Linux. These instructions are excerpted from https://snapcraft.io/install/kontena-lens

=== Enable snapd ===
First install/enable snapd if it isn't already active.

==== CentOS/Fedora ====
Snap is available for CentOS 7.6+, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6+, from the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) repository.
sudo yum install snapd
Once installed, the systemd unit that manages the main snap communication socket may need to be enabled:
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
To enable classic snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between /var/lib/snapd/snap and /snap:
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

==== Debian ====
Debian is more straightforward:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
sudo snap install core

=== Install Lens ===
To install Lens, simply use the following command:
sudo snap install kontena-lens --classic

== Configuration ==
When started, Lens will ask for a kubernetes config file -- either a file on the local system (e.g. ''~/.kube/config'') or allows you to paste a config file from another system.

It appears that it expects Prometheus to be installed to get performance data ... will have to research that ...

Kontena Lens - Revision history

DrEdWilliams at 10:34, 26 October 2021

DrEdWilliams: /* Installation */

DrEdWilliams at 00:54, 26 December 2020

DrEdWilliams: Created page with "Kontena Lens is an IDE for Kubernetes ... from the product documentation: Lens is the most powerful IDE for people who need to deal with Kubernetes clusters on a d..."

DrEdWilliams: Created page with "Kontena Lens is an IDE for Kubernetes ... from the product documentation:
Lens is the most powerful IDE for people who need to deal with Kubernetes clusters on a d..."