Discovering Plugins

Krew

By design, kubectl does not install plugins. This task is left to the kubernetes sub-project krew.sigs.k8s.io which needs to be installed separately. Krew helps to

• discover plugins
• get updates for installed plugins
• remove plugins

Installing krew

Krew should be used as a kubectl plugin. To set yourself up to using krew - please check out the Installation section for krew

Krew capabilities

Discover plugins

kubectl krew search

Install a plugin

kubectl krew install access-matrix

Upgrade all installed plugins

kubectl krew upgrade

Show details about a plugin

kubectl krew info access-matrix

Uninstall a plugin

kubectl krew uninstall access-matrix

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