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Show HN: Kubenav – An open source mobile app to manage Kubernetes cluster

57 points by ricoberger 7y ago

aliswe 7y ago
This looks nice, but I hope the devs don't need access to this kind of low level administration. Also, how come GitHub disallows zoom for mobile? ...
SeriousM 7y ago
Finally a management portal that is swift! not that laggy kubernetes dashboard...
ricoberger 7y ago
kubenav is a mobile and desktop app to help you manage Kubernetes clusters. The app provides an overview of all your workloads and resources running in your clusters, including the current status. The details view of your workloads contains all the necessary logs and events to debug your clusters in case of problems. You can also edit and delete resources within the app. The app is developed using Ionic Framework[0] and Capacitor[1]. The most parts of the app are implemented using React and TypeScript. For the Kubernetes API requests the app uses Go mobile[2]. [0] - https://ionicframework.com https://ionicframework.com [1] - https://capacitor.ionicframework.com https://capacitor.ionicframework.com [2] - https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Mobile https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Mobile
kissgyorgy 7y ago
When you apply "infrastructure as code", you should not be able to change manifests from a mobile phone without using git.
- johnjungles 7y ago
  Do you mean gitops? I thought infrastructure as code was to make sure your entire cloud environment is code so you can reliability reproduce it. Either way, they’re both concepts to strive for and tools market it this way, but the ideas have been around for a long time. I use kuber for my sandbox clusters to try out new ideas or trouble shoot on the go. I think mobile debugging tools are pretty cool tools. Especially for SRE’s. I used to carry around a foldable keyboard and be able to shell into pods to debug things.
  - blackandblue 7y ago
    > sandbox clusters i mean yes. i am of the same sentiment as the original commenter. you don't wanna be messing with production clusters from your mobile phone. getting alerted and monitoring is fine though. i am very curious about all this...
    - johnjungles 7y ago
      Yep this is why I said sandbox clusters. Alerts and monitoring, along with logs is very helpful especially for SRE’s. If you’re on your way to a computer, it helps to get the gears turning
  - kissgyorgy 7y ago
    There is no point for production code which is not in Git. As a toy/sandbox, sure this would be handy, but I wouldn't use it for a testing or staging cluster.
    - johnjungles 7y ago
      Why not for testing/staging? Also gitops tools have sync so if you change something it’ll auto generate a commit with its current state. No sure if you know about it but you should check it out! Staging environments don’t want to be too far off from production but at the same time, it can and should be used to test things, so that production deployments are predictable.
- ricoberger 7y ago
  We are also using GitOps to manage our Kubernetes clusters. I'm using the edit feature for some playground clusters. For production clusters I think the editing of manifests can be forbidden via RBAC which results in an error message for the user, when he tries to use this feature.
denvrede 7y ago
You should support the external authenticators like aws-iam-authenticator for authentication.
- ricoberger 7y ago
  For the mobile version support for EKS and GKE was added in the latest version. For the next version, I plan to add support for AKS. To avoid this for the desktop version, kubenav uses the Kubeconfig file from `~/.kube/config` in the next version[0]. Therefor all cloud providers should be supported on desktop. [0] - https://github.com/kubenav/kubenav/pull/25 https://github.com/kubenav/kubenav/pull/25
elcano 7y ago
I wonder why the Android version of this app needs permission to: 1. Take pictures and videos 2. Record audio 3. Get precise GPS location, or any location at all.
- moltar 7y ago
  Probably just default settings for some framework. But great question!
  - ricoberger 7y ago
    You are right. These are the default settings from Capacitor[0]. Thanks for the hint, I will look through them and remove some of them. [0] - https://capacitor.ionicframework.com/docs/android/configuration/#default-permissions https://capacitor.ionicframework.com/docs/android/configurat...

57 points by ricoberger 7y ago

This looks nice, but I hope the devs don't need access to this kind of low level administration. Also, how come GitHub disallows zoom for mobile? ...

SeriousM 7y ago

Finally a management portal that is swift! not that laggy kubernetes dashboard...

ricoberger 7y ago

kubenav is a mobile and desktop app to help you manage Kubernetes clusters. The app provides an overview of all your workloads and resources running in your clusters, including the current status. The details view of your workloads contains all the necessary logs and events to debug your clusters in case of problems. You can also edit and delete resources within the app. The app is developed using Ionic Framework[0] and Capacitor[1]. The most parts of the app are implemented using React and TypeScript. For the Kubernetes API requests the app uses Go mobile[2]. [0] - https://ionicframework.com https://ionicframework.com [1] - https://capacitor.ionicframework.com https://capacitor.ionicframework.com [2] - https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Mobile https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Mobile

kissgyorgy 7y ago

When you apply "infrastructure as code", you should not be able to change manifests from a mobile phone without using git.

johnjungles 7y ago
Do you mean gitops? I thought infrastructure as code was to make sure your entire cloud environment is code so you can reliability reproduce it. Either way, they’re both concepts to strive for and tools market it this way, but the ideas have been around for a long time. I use kuber for my sandbox clusters to try out new ideas or trouble shoot on the go. I think mobile debugging tools are pretty cool tools. Especially for SRE’s. I used to carry around a foldable keyboard and be able to shell into pods to debug things.
- blackandblue 7y ago
  > sandbox clusters i mean yes. i am of the same sentiment as the original commenter. you don't wanna be messing with production clusters from your mobile phone. getting alerted and monitoring is fine though. i am very curious about all this...
  - johnjungles 7y ago
    Yep this is why I said sandbox clusters. Alerts and monitoring, along with logs is very helpful especially for SRE’s. If you’re on your way to a computer, it helps to get the gears turning
- kissgyorgy 7y ago
  There is no point for production code which is not in Git. As a toy/sandbox, sure this would be handy, but I wouldn't use it for a testing or staging cluster.
  - johnjungles 7y ago
    Why not for testing/staging? Also gitops tools have sync so if you change something it’ll auto generate a commit with its current state. No sure if you know about it but you should check it out! Staging environments don’t want to be too far off from production but at the same time, it can and should be used to test things, so that production deployments are predictable.
ricoberger 7y ago
We are also using GitOps to manage our Kubernetes clusters. I'm using the edit feature for some playground clusters. For production clusters I think the editing of manifests can be forbidden via RBAC which results in an error message for the user, when he tries to use this feature.

denvrede 7y ago

You should support the external authenticators like aws-iam-authenticator for authentication.

ricoberger 7y ago
For the mobile version support for EKS and GKE was added in the latest version. For the next version, I plan to add support for AKS. To avoid this for the desktop version, kubenav uses the Kubeconfig file from `~/.kube/config` in the next version[0]. Therefor all cloud providers should be supported on desktop. [0] - https://github.com/kubenav/kubenav/pull/25 https://github.com/kubenav/kubenav/pull/25

elcano 7y ago

I wonder why the Android version of this app needs permission to: 1. Take pictures and videos 2. Record audio 3. Get precise GPS location, or any location at all.

moltar 7y ago
Probably just default settings for some framework. But great question!
- ricoberger 7y ago
  You are right. These are the default settings from Capacitor[0]. Thanks for the hint, I will look through them and remove some of them. [0] - https://capacitor.ionicframework.com/docs/android/configuration/#default-permissions https://capacitor.ionicframework.com/docs/android/configurat...