kube-etcd-helper

kube-etcd-helper is a helper command for tracking etcd in kubernetes.

Install

Download latest kube-etcd-helper binary from releases.
And grant execute permission to kube-etcd-helper like as chmod +x kube-etcd-helper.

If you have golang develop environments, you can install using go get.

$ go get github.com/yamamoto-febc/kube-etcd-helper

Usage

You need to be able to communicate with the etcd endpoint.
For example, in the case of docker-for-mac, make it accessible to the endpoint as follows:

$ kubectl port-forward etcd-docker-for-desktop 2379:2379 --namespace=kube-system

List keys

$ kube-etcd-helper list 

Get value

$ kube-etcd-helper get /registry/namespaces/default
    
# pretty format
$ kube-etcd-helper get --pretty /registry/namespaces/default

Dump values

$ kube-etcd-helper dump
    
# pretty format
$ kube-etcd-helper dump --pretty
    
# with prefix
$ kube-etcd-helper dump /registry/namespaces
    
# using excludes option
$ kube-etcd-helper dump -e /registry/services/endpoints/kube-system/kube-scheduler 

Watch events

$ kube-etcd-helper watch
    
# pretty format
$ kube-etcd-helper watch --pretty
    
# with prefix
$ kube-etcd-helper watch /registry/namespaces
    
# using excludes option
$ kube-etcd-helper watch -e /registry/services/endpoints/kube-system/kube-scheduler

# output to directory per keys
$ kube-etcd-helper watch --output-dir out/

Watch events output example:

Options

Configure etcd endpoint

By default, http://127.0.0.1:2379 is used to endpoint of etcd.
If you want to change it, please specify --endpoint option or ETCD_ENDPOINT environment variable.

# use command-line option
$ kube-etcd-helper --endpoint https://127.0.0.1:4000
    
# use environment variable
$ ETCD_ENDPOINT=https://127.0.0.1:4000 kube-etcd-helper ...

Other options

NAME:
   kube-etcd-helper - for tracking etcd(v3) events in kubernetes

USAGE:
   kube-etcd-helper [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

VERSION:
   0.0.1

COMMANDS:
     dump      Dump all values
     get       Get value
     list, ls  List all keys
     watch     watch values
     help, h   Shows a list of commands or help for one command

GLOBAL OPTIONS:
   --endpoint value  Etcd endpoint (default: "http://127.0.0.1:2379") [$ETCD_ENDPOINT]
   --key value       Etcd TLS client key [$ETCD_KEY]
   --cert value      Etcd TLS client certificate [$ETCD_CERT]
   --cacert value    Etcd server TLS CA certificate [$ETCD_CA_CERT]
   --help, -h        show help (default: false)
   --version, -v     print the version (default: false)

COPYRIGHT:
   Copyright (C) 2018 Kazumichi Yamamoto.

License

kube-etcd-helper Copyright (C) 2018-2019 Kazumichi Yamamoto.

This project is published under Apache 2.0 License.

Author

• Kazumichi Yamamoto (@yamamoto-febc)