How to

This section contains common tasks related to Kubernetes clusters and Lens K8S IDE. These tasks can help you operate clusters with Lens K8S IDE, or explore different aspects of the application interface.

• Find a cluster

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  Find a cluster in Navigator

• 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 K8S IDE, 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 K8S IDE.

• 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.