Been switching between Kubernetes clusters a lot and needed a way to keep track
of current context and namespace, kube-ps1 to the rescue!
I was constantly checking to see if I was in the correct context and namespace
before running commands, I needed something to help me out. I went searching and
found kube-ps1. It is very easy to install (brew install kube-ps1). I was able
to set it to $RPROMPT env variable so it displays on the right in ZSH:
# Source kube-ps1.
if [[ -s "/usr/local/opt/kube-ps1/share/kube-ps1.sh" ]]; then
source "/usr/local/opt/kube-ps1/share/kube-ps1.sh"
export RPROMPT='$(kube_ps1)'
fiThen I, of course, customized the look a little:
# kube-ps1 configs.
export KUBE_PS1_PREFIX=''
export KUBE_PS1_SEPARATOR=''
export KUBE_PS1_SUFFIX=''
export KUBE_PS1_NS_COLOR=blue
export KUBE_PS1_CTX_COLOR=magenta
Last thing I'll mention is that kube-ps1 comes with two nifty commands to
toggle the prompt. You can use kubeoff to flip it off for your current
session. Then use kubeon to flip it back on. Either one takes a -g flag
to turn it on or off globally.
So far, really like it and helps me to keep track of where I am in Kubernetes.