Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
If you are looking for the ultimate Kubernetes GUI tool to work with Kubernetes, Openlens may be the solution you are looking for. It provides a beautiful GUI for interacting with multiple Kubernetes clusters and allows easily working with your cluster configurations, management, monitoring, etc.
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Introduction to GUI Kubernetes tools - 0:00
Introduction to Lens where it came from - 0:46
Commercial release of Lens - 1:10
A free and open source version of Lens - 1:35
Talking about the origins of Lens - Openlens - 1:52
There are no official binaries made available - 2:15
Availability by community member to download binaries for Openlens - 2:38
Looking at the available binaries - 3:05
Looking at installing Openlens - 3:54
Launching Openlens and viewing the opening dashboard - 4:12
Automatic browsing for Kube config files - 4:37
Looking at the first dashboard and metrics from a cluster - 5:00
It displays errors and issues in the home dashboard - 5:20
How to turn on the metrics integration for Openlens - 5:30
Looking at our Kubernetes nodes in Openlens - 6:11
Looking at actions we can take on the nodes - 6:20
Looking at workloads and information - 6:40
Pod information and searching for specific pods - 6:58
Navigating from side or top menu - 7:18
Quickly retrieve network information for your Kubernetes cluster and pods - 7:25
Namespaces, types, network IP information, loadbalancer config, Cluster IPs, ports, etc - 7:40
Storage information for persistent volume claims, persistent volumes, storage classes - 8:14
Helm menu in the Openlens interface - 8:28
Access controls, roles, custom resources - 8:45
Looking at the Openlens Hotbar - 8:55
Flipping back and forth between clusters - 9:28
Run command prompts connected to multiple Kubernetes clusters - 9:38
Final thoughts and thinking about the features of Openlens - 10:26
My write up on Openlens IDE and how you can download it:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/11/openlens-kubernetes-ide-opensource-lens-desktop
Take a look at the Lens IDE where you can download the Personal license for free:
https://k8slens.dev/
If you are looking for the ultimate Kubernetes GUI tool to work with Kubernetes, Openlens may be the solution you are looking for. It provides a beautiful GUI for interacting with multiple Kubernetes clusters and allows easily working with your cluster configurations, management, monitoring, etc.
Subscribe to the channel: youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1
My blog:
virtualizationhowto.com
_____________________________________________________
Social Media:
twitter.com/vspinmaster
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht
Github:
github.com/brandonleegit
Introduction to GUI Kubernetes tools - 0:00
Introduction to Lens where it came from - 0:46
Commercial release of Lens - 1:10
A free and open source version of Lens - 1:35
Talking about the origins of Lens - Openlens - 1:52
There are no official binaries made available - 2:15
Availability by community member to download binaries for Openlens - 2:38
Looking at the available binaries - 3:05
Looking at installing Openlens - 3:54
Launching Openlens and viewing the opening dashboard - 4:12
Automatic browsing for Kube config files - 4:37
Looking at the first dashboard and metrics from a cluster - 5:00
It displays errors and issues in the home dashboard - 5:20
How to turn on the metrics integration for Openlens - 5:30
Looking at our Kubernetes nodes in Openlens - 6:11
Looking at actions we can take on the nodes - 6:20
Looking at workloads and information - 6:40
Pod information and searching for specific pods - 6:58
Navigating from side or top menu - 7:18
Quickly retrieve network information for your Kubernetes cluster and pods - 7:25
Namespaces, types, network IP information, loadbalancer config, Cluster IPs, ports, etc - 7:40
Storage information for persistent volume claims, persistent volumes, storage classes - 8:14
Helm menu in the Openlens interface - 8:28
Access controls, roles, custom resources - 8:45
Looking at the Openlens Hotbar - 8:55
Flipping back and forth between clusters - 9:28
Run command prompts connected to multiple Kubernetes clusters - 9:38
Final thoughts and thinking about the features of Openlens - 10:26
My write up on Openlens IDE and how you can download it:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/11/openlens-kubernetes-ide-opensource-lens-desktop
Take a look at the Lens IDE where you can download the Personal license for free:
https://k8slens.dev/
