kubectl-enter

Start a root shell in the Kubernetes node's host OS running.

Compatible with Linux and Windows Kubernetes nodes.

Installation

curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mutazn/kubectl-enter/master/kubectl-enter
chmod +x ./kubectl-enter
sudo mv ./kubectl-enter /usr/local/bin/kubectl-enter

Usage

kubectl-enter <node>
kubectl enter <node>

Note: You need to be able to start privileged containers for that.

How to copy files from worker nodes (Linux and Windows) to local machine?

1. You can copy files from Linux worker node by the following steps:

• Connect to the Linux node using kubectl enter command:

  kubectl enter <node>
  

• Open another shell and look for the connector-xxxxxx pod in default namespace:

  kubectl get pods
  

• Copy the file from connector pod which will be the Linux worker node to your local machine:

  kubectl cp connector-xxxxxx:/FilePathOnLinuxNode /DestPathOnYourLoaclMachine/Filename
  

  Example:

  kubectl cp connector-xxxxxx:/tmp/logs.zip /tmp/logs.zip
  

2. You can copy files from Windows worker node by the following steps:

Note: Username and Password are required for Windows node.

• Connect to the Windows node using kubectl enter command:

  kubectl enter <windows-node>
  

• Open another shell and look for the connector-xxxxxx pod in default namespace:

  kubectl get pods
  

• Exec to the connector pod which will be a Liunx node in your cluster:

  kubectl exec -it connector-xxxxxx -- bash
  

• Copy the file from Windows node to the Linux node using scp command:

  scp <WindowsNodeUserName>@<WindowsNodeNameOrIPaddress>:/FilePathOnWindowsNode /DestPathOnLinuxNode/Filename
  

  Example:

  scp azureuser@aksnp000000:/c:/Users/azureuser/aksn000000_logs.zip /tmp/aksnp000000_logs.zip
  

• Copy the file of Windows node from connector pod which will be the Linux worker node to your local machine:

  kubectl cp connector-xxxxxx:/FilePathOnLinuxNode /DestPathOnYourLoaclMachine/Filename
  

  Example:

  kubectl cp connector-xxxxxx:/tmp/aksnp000000_logs.zip /tmp/aksnp000000_logs.zip