k8sgpt is a tool for scanning your Kubernetes clusters, diagnosing, and triaging issues in simple English.

It has SRE experience codified into its analyzers and helps to pull out the most relevant information to enrich it with AI.

Installation

Linux/Mac via brew

brew tap k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt
brew install k8sgpt

RPM-based installation (RedHat/CentOS/Fedora)

32 bit:

curl -LO https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/releases/download/v0.2.4/k8sgpt_386.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh k8sgpt_386.rpm

64 bit:

curl -LO https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/releases/download/v0.2.4/k8sgpt_amd64.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh -i k8sgpt_amd64.rpm

DEB-based installation (Ubuntu/Debian)

32 bit:

curl -LO https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/releases/download/v0.2.4/k8sgpt_386.deb
sudo dpkg -i k8sgpt_386.deb

64 bit:

curl -LO https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/releases/download/v0.2.4/k8sgpt_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i k8sgpt_amd64.deb

APK-based installation (Alpine)

32 bit:

curl -LO https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/releases/download/v0.2.4/k8sgpt_386.apk
apk add k8sgpt_386.apk

64 bit:

curl -LO https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/releases/download/v0.2.4/k8sgpt_amd64.apk
apk add k8sgpt_amd64.apk

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Failing Installation on WSL or Linux (missing gcc)

When installing Homebrew on WSL or Linux, you may encounter the following error:

==> Installing k8sgpt from k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt Error: The following formula cannot be installed from a bottle and must be
built from the source. k8sgpt Install Clang or run brew install gcc.

If you install gcc as suggested, the problem will persist. Therefore, you need to install the build-essential package.

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install build-essential

Windows

• Download the latest Windows binaries of k8sgpt from the Release tab based on your system architecture.
• Extract the downloaded package to your desired location. Configure the system path variable with the binary location

Verify installation

• Run k8sgpt version

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Quick Start

• Currently the default AI provider is OpenAI, you will need to generate an API key from OpenAI
  • You can do this by running k8sgpt generate to open a browser link to generate it
• Run k8sgpt auth to set it in k8sgpt.
  • You can provide the password directly using the --password flag.
• Run k8sgpt filters to manage the active filters used by the analyzer. By default, all filters are executed during analysis.
• Run k8sgpt analyze to run a scan.
• And use k8sgpt analyze --explain to get a more detailed explanation of the issues.

Analyzers

K8sGPT uses analyzers to triage and diagnose issues in your cluster. It has a set of analyzers that are built in, but you will be able to write your own analyzers.

Built in analyzers

Enabled by default

• podAnalyzer
• pvcAnalyzer
• rsAnalyzer
• serviceAnalyzer
• eventAnalyzer
• ingressAnalyzer
• statefulSetAnalyzer
• deploymentAnalyzer
• cronJobAnalyzer
• nodeAnalyzer

Optional

• hpaAnalyzer
• pdbAnalyzer
• networkPolicyAnalyzer

Usage

Kubernetes debugging powered by AI

Usage:
  k8sgpt [command]

Available Commands:
  analyze     This command will find problems within your Kubernetes cluster
  auth        Authenticate with your chosen backend
  completion  Generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  filters     Manage filters for analyzing Kubernetes resources
  generate    Generate Key for your chosen backend (opens browser)
  help        Help about any command
  integration Intergrate another tool into K8sGPT
  serve       Runs k8sgpt as a server
  version     Print the version number of k8sgpt

Flags:
      --config string        config file (default is $HOME/.k8sgpt.yaml)
  -h, --help                 help for k8sgpt
      --kubeconfig string    Path to a kubeconfig. Only required if out-of-cluster. (default "$HOME/.kube/config")
      --kubecontext string   Kubernetes context to use. Only required if out-of-cluster.

Use "k8sgpt [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Manage filters

List filters

k8sgpt filters list

Add default filters

k8sgpt filters add [filter(s)]

Examples :

• Simple filter : k8sgpt filters add Service
• Multiple filters : k8sgpt filters add Ingress,Pod

Add default filters

k8sgpt filters remove [filter(s)]

Examples :

• Simple filter : k8sgpt filters remove Service
• Multiple filters : k8sgpt filters remove Ingress,Pod

Run a scan with the default analyzers

k8sgpt generate
k8sgpt auth
k8sgpt analyze --explain

Filter on resource

k8sgpt analyze --explain --filter=Service

Filter by namespace

k8sgpt analyze --explain --filter=Pod --namespace=default

Output to JSON

k8sgpt analyze --explain --filter=Service --output=json

Anonymize during explain

k8sgpt analyze --explain --filter=Service --output=json --anonymize

How does anonymization work?

With this option, the data is anonymized before being sent to the AI Backend. During the analysis execution, k8sgpt retrieves sensitive data (Kubernetes object names, labels, etc.). This data is masked when sent to the AI backend and replaced by a key that can be used to de-anonymize the data when the solution is returned to the user.

1. Error reported during analysis:

Error: HorizontalPodAutoscaler uses StatefulSet/fake-deployment as ScaleTargetRef which does not exist.

2. Payload sent to the AI backend:

Error: HorizontalPodAutoscaler uses StatefulSet/tGLcCRcHa1Ce5Rs as ScaleTargetRef which does not exist.

3. Payload returned by the AI:

The Kubernetes system is trying to scale a StatefulSet named tGLcCRcHa1Ce5Rs using the HorizontalPodAutoscaler, but it cannot find the StatefulSet. The solution is to verify that the StatefulSet name is spelled correctly and exists in the same namespace as the HorizontalPodAutoscaler.

4. Payload returned to the user:

The Kubernetes system is trying to scale a StatefulSet named fake-deployment using the HorizontalPodAutoscaler, but it cannot find the StatefulSet. The solution is to verify that the StatefulSet name is spelled correctly and exists in the same namespace as the HorizontalPodAutoscaler.

Anonymization does not currently apply to events.

Additional commands

Manage integrations

List integrations

k8sgpt integrations list

Activate integrations

k8sgpt integrations activate [integration(s)]

Use integration

k8sgpt analyze --filter=[integration(s)]

Deactivate integrations

k8sgpt integrations deactivate [integration(s)]

Serve mode

k8sgpt serve

Analysis with serve mode

curl -X GET "http://localhost:8080/analyze?namespace=k8sgpt&explain=false"

Configuration

k8sgpt stores config data in the $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/k8sgpt/k8sgpt.yaml file. The data is stored in plain text, including your OpenAI key.

Config file locations:

OS	Path
MacOS	~/Library/Application Support/k8sgpt/k8sgpt.yaml
Linux	~/.config/k8sgpt/k8sgpt.yaml
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%/k8sgpt/k8sgpt.yaml

Contributing

Please read our contributing guide.

Community

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