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kube-toolkit
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Intro
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- toolkit for creating gRPC-based CLI and web tools for Kubernetes, and it should be used as a starting point in new awesome tools for Kubernetes

- CLI tooks: kubectl, helm draft
- web tools: Kubernetes UI Dashboard, Monocular



(similar architecture with Helm, Draft)
- client - local CLI client that deploys the server and the dashboard to your Kubernetes cluster and interacts through gRPC with the server via a Kuberentes tunnels to localhost
- server - gRPC server that is deployed on your Kubernetes cluster and responds to requests coming from the clients
- dashboard - web application that communicates with the server through a gRPC-gateway

- uses Kubernetes API to create authenticated tunnels back to the cluster, using gRPC as the underlying communication protocol


Get started
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- (make or) download client binary it has no local dependencies

bin/ktk init --server-image radumatei/kube-toolkit:latest --dashboard-image radumatei/kube-toolkit-dashboard:v0.4.3
(real life: <you-tool> init - versions for testing, faster iteration)

- this creates a deployment in your cluster with the server and dashboard

bin/ktk version
bin/ktk stream
bin/ktk proxy


Extending
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- just a starting point, needs to be extended with your functionality

service GRPC {
	rpc GetVersion(google.protobuf.Empty) returns (Version){
		option (google.api.http) = {
            get: "/api/version"
          };
	}
	rpc ServerStream(google.protobuf.Empty) returns(stream Message){}
}

- make rpc
    - protoc
    - swagger-codegen-cli
- make client
- make server


Work in progress
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- integrate with Draft for fast iteration
- Helm pack?

- state management with etcd (WIP) (or config maps?)
- RBAC
- SSL


- feedback, ideas :D