kubectl explainrequires knowing in advance the resource name/fields.kubectl explainrequires typing the accurate path to the resource name/field, which is a tedious and typo-prone.
# Fuzzy-find a resource, then a field to explain kubectl explore # Fuzzy-find from all fields of a specific resource. kubectl explore pod kubectl explore sts # Fuzzy-find from fields that a given regex matches. kubectl explore sts.*AccountUse krew plugin manager to install. See the guide to install krew.
kubectl krew install explore kubectl explore --helpThe plugin is available in nixpkgs:
nix-env -iA nixpkgs.kubectl-exploreuse yay or paru to install the package from the AUR.
[yay/paru] -S kubectl-explore-binDownload the binary from GitHub Releases and drop it in your $PATH.
# Other available architectures are linux_arm64, darwin_amd64, darwin_arm64, windows_amd64. export ARCH=linux_amd64 # Check the latest version, https://github.com/keisku/kubectl-explore/releases/latest export VERSION=<LATEST_VERSION> wget -O- "https://github.com/keisku/kubectl-explore/releases/download/${VERSION}/kubectl-explore_${VERSION}_${ARCH}.tar.gz" | sudo tar -xzf - -C /usr/local/bin && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kubectl-exploreFrom source.
go install github.com/keisku/kubectl-explore@latest sudo mv $GOPATH/bin/kubectl-explore /usr/local/binValidate if kubectl explore can be executed. The Kubernetes documentation explains how to use a plugin.
kubectl explore --help