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Using Lens Desktop#

Lens Desktop is a standalone application available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Its interface is user-friendly and easy to navigate. In this section, you can find short descriptions of the main interface elements and views.

  • Hotbar

    The Hotbar is a panel on the left side of the Lens Desktop interface that provides instant access to the user clusters.

  • Details panel

    The details panel provides details about cluster objects expanding the information displayed in views.

  • Nodes view

    In the Nodes view, you can manage your Kubernetes cluster nodes.

  • Workloads

    The Workloads subsection contains descriptions of views related to Pods and workload resources.

  • Config

    The Config subsection contains descriptions of views related to enhancing, configuring and optimizing Kubernetes clusters.

  • Network

    The Network subsection contains descriptions of views where you can manage Kubernetes API objects that are responsible for connectivity to a cluster and within a cluster.

  • Storage

    The Config subsection contains descriptions of views where you can manage Kubernetes API objects that are responsible for managing resource allocation and storing sensitive data.

  • Namespaces view

    In the Namespaces view, you can manage the cluster namespaces.

  • Events view

    In the Events view, you can manage Kubernetes events.

  • Helm

    The Helm subsection contains descriptions of views where you can manage Helm charts and Helm releases.

  • Access control

    The Access Control subsection contains descriptions of views where you can manage Kubernetes API objects that are responsible for controlling the access to the cluster and permissions within the cluster.