Cluster settings#
The Cluster settings menu contains several sub-menus that allow you to configure your cluster. You can adjust different aspects such as name of the cluster, proxy, metrics, and others.
You can open the Cluster settings menu by clicking the cluster icon in the cluster view.
Clusters in Lens Desktop#
Lens Desktop provides tools for managing your local or team space clusters. In your selected cluster view you can:
- Add your cluster to a team space
- Deploy Helm charts
- Create cluster resources and other cluster objects
- Manage permissions and user roles
- Monitor metrics
Lens Spaces#
Lens Spaces contains the Cluster Connect menu where you can configure connection parameters to a teamwork space.
The Cluster Connect menu contains the following options:
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LENS SPACE
Specify a team space to which the cluster connects.
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REGION
Select one of the geographical regions for Cluster Connect servers.
Attention
Select the region which is closer to your cluster geographically.
Settings#
The following menus enable you to set various configurations of the cluster.
Submenu | Description |
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General | This menu contains the following options:
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Proxy | This menu contains an HTTP PROXY address for communication with the Kubernetes API. |
Terminal | This menu contains the following options:
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Namespaces | This menu contains the list of namespaces that you have access to. The option is useful when you do not have permission to list cluster namespaces. Specify namespaces in the ACCESSIBLE NAMESPACES field. |
Metrics | This menu contains the following options:
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Node Shell | This menu contains the following options:
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Extensions#
The following menus contain configurations for Lens Desktop extensions.
Lens Metrics#
This menu contains the following options:
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PROMETHEUS
Timeseries vizualization.
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KUBE STATE METRICS
Metrics generating service. Enable kube-state-metrics only if there is no an installed instance of the service.
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NODE EXPORTER
Prometheus metrics exporting service. Enable the Prometheus Node Exporter only if there is no an installed instance of the service.
Info
For details, see the following:
Lens Security#
In Lens Security, you can set automatic vulnerability scanning of your cluster by enabling the Trivy operator.