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User guide

Welcome to the Kubus guide. Each page here covers one part of the app, with screenshots and step-by-step instructions. You don't have to read it in order — jump to whatever you're trying to do.

Browse, inspect, act

The whole app in three moves:

Pick your clusters, pick a kind, and you get a live list that updates over a WebSocket watch — no refresh button. CRDs show their own additionalPrinterColumns.

Pods list with live status Pods list with live status

Click any resource to slide open a details drawer with a human overview, a Monaco-powered YAML editor, events, a relationship map and (for pods/nodes) metrics.

Resource details drawer Resource details drawer

Scale, restart, roll back, trigger a CronJob, cordon or drain a node, open a shell, forward a port — all from a row menu, the detail drawer or the command palette.

Resource diff across clusters Resource diff across clusters

Start here

  • The Kubus window

    The top bar, nav drawer, content area and bottom dock — what's where and why.

    The window

  • Connecting clusters

    Select contexts, filter namespaces, and work across many clusters at once.

    Clusters

Browse & inspect

Operate

Power tools