Other Tools

Kubernetes contains several built-in tools and external tools that are commonly used or relevant that may as well be seen as required for Kubernetes to function.

Minikube

minikube is a tool that runs a single-node Kubernetes cluster locally on your workstation for development and testing purposes.

Dashboard

Dashboard, the web-based user interface of Kubernetes, allows you to deploy containerized applications to a Kubernetes cluster, troubleshoot them, and manage the cluster and its resources itself.

Helm

Helm is a tool for managing packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources. These packages are known as Helm charts.

Use Helm to:

• Find and use popular software packaged as Kubernetes charts
• Share your own applications as Kubernetes charts
• Create reproducible builds of your Kubernetes applications
• Intelligently manage your Kubernetes manifest files
• Manage releases of Helm packages

Kompose

Kompose is a tool to help Docker Compose users move to Kubernetes.

Use Kompose to:

• Translate a Docker Compose file into Kubernetes objects
• Go from local Docker development to managing your application via Kubernetes
• Convert v1 or v2 Docker Compose yaml files or Distributed Application Bundles