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Kubernetes

kubectl provides ways of creating interactive sessions with pods. It's possible to map these commands to Hoop to obtain interactive sessions allocating a pseudo TTY.

Connection Configuration​

NameTypeDescription
KUBECONFIGfilesystemA kubeconfig file with permission to exec into pods in a namespace

Connection Command​

kubectl exec --tty --stdin deployment/myapp --

How to Use​

Start an interactive bash session with a deployment/pod

hoop connect myapp -- bash

This will open an interactive session with the deployment myapp. It's possible to map any command that spawns an interactive session.

Then, it's possible to gain a rails console session

hoop connect myapp -- rails console
IMPORTANT

Note that kubectl exec is used with -tty and --stdin arguments. These flags are required when using hoop connect.