How To Install kubetail on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kubetail
on Kali Linux.
What is kubetail
kubetail is:
Bash script that enables you to aggregate (tail/follow) logs from multiple Kubernetes pods into one stream. This is the same as running “kubectl logs -f " but for multiple pods.
There are three methods to install kubetail
on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install kubetail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kubetail
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kubetail
Install kubetail Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kubetail
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kubetail
Install kubetail Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install kubetail
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kubetail
How To Uninstall kubetail on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the kubetail
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kubetail
Uninstall kubetail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kubetail
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kubetail
Remove kubetail Configurations and Data
To remove kubetail
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kubetail
Remove kubetail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kubetail
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kubetail
Dependencies
kubetail have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kubetail
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.