How to

This section contains common tasks related to Kubernetes clusters and Lens Desktop. These tasks can help you operate clusters with Lens Desktop, or explore different aspects of the application interface.

• Find a cluster

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  Find a cluster in Navigator

• Connect an AWS EKS cluster

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  Add an AWS EKS cluster to Lens Desktop

• Find a deployment

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  Search for a deployment in your cluster to start working with it.

• View logs

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  In Lens Desktop, you can view logs of containers that run in pods of your Kubernetes cluster.

• Open Pod Shell

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  Open the embedded CLI and perform various Kubernetes tasks.

• Port forward traffic from a Kubernetes pod

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  Connect your local machine with specific pods or containers.

• Modify a deployment

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  Change cluster deployments with Lens Desktop.

• Restart a deployment

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  Restart a deployment without using kubectl.

• Manage Helm charts

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  Find new, install, and manage existing Helm charts.