kubectl is the new SSH

slides/k8s/kubectlget.md

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+## `kubectl` is the new SSH
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+- We often start managing servers with SSH
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+  (installing packages, troubleshooting ...)
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+- At scale, it becomes tedious, repetitive, error-prone
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+- Instead, we use config management, central logging, etc.
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+- In many cases, we still need SSH:
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+  - as the underlying access method (e.g. Ansible)
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+  - to debug tricky scenarios
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+  - to inspect and poke at things
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+---
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+class: extra-details
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+## The parallel with `kubectl`
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+- We often start managing Kubernetes clusters with `kubectl`
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+  (deploying applications, troubleshooting ...)
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+- At scale (with many applications or clusters), it becomes tedious, repetitive, error-prone
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+- Instead, we use automated pipelines, observability tooling, etc.
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+- In many cases, we still need `kubectl`:
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+  - to debug tricky scenarios
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+  - to inspect and poke at things
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+- The Kubernetes API is always the underlying access method
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+---
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 ## `kubectl get`
 
 - Let's look at our `Node` resources with `kubectl get`!