Kubernetes Operations

Beyond browsing resources, Kunobi lets you perform common Kubernetes operations directly from the UI — no kubectl commands required. This page covers scaling, node management, Helm, ArgoCD, YAML editing, and more.

Navigating Resources

The K8s Drilldown page is the main resource explorer. Select a resource type from the sidebar (Deployments, Pods, Services, Nodes, etc.) and the table populates with all matching resources in the selected namespace.

Viewing Resource Details

Click any resource row to open the details sidebar. From there you can:

View a structured Overview (status, labels, annotations, owner references)
Open the YAML editor to inspect or edit the raw resource definition
View Events associated with the resource
View Logs for pod containers
View Metrics for pod CPU and memory usage
Perform Actions (scale, delete, cordon, etc.)

Kunobi ships with specialized overview renderers for 60+ resource types, so the details sidebar is tailored to what matters most for each kind:

Pods — containers, ports, volumes, QoS class, IP addresses
Deployments — strategy, replicas (desired / ready / available), conditions
StatefulSets — update strategy, replicas, volume claim templates
Nodes — capacity, allocatable resources, conditions, taints, addresses
Services — type, cluster IP, ports, selectors

Pod Metrics

For Pods, a Metrics tab displays CPU and memory usage charts backed by Prometheus. Use the time range selector to zoom into a specific window.

Viewing & Editing YAML

Click a resource to open the details sidebar
Select the YAML tab
The full resource YAML is displayed with syntax highlighting
To edit, click Edit — make your changes and click Apply
To copy the YAML to clipboard, click the Copy icon or press ⌘⇧Y (macOS) / Ctrl+Shift+Y (Windows/Linux)

Changes are applied immediately via kubectl apply. Kunobi will show a success or error notification.

When you click Apply, Kunobi shows a diff preview highlighting exactly what changed before the update is sent. If the resource was modified on the server since you opened the editor (a resource version conflict), Kunobi automatically retries the apply up to 3 times, fetching the latest version and re-applying your changes.

Viewing Events

Click a resource to open the details sidebar
Select the Events tab
All Kubernetes events associated with this resource are listed in chronological order

Events include warnings and normal events, making it easy to diagnose issues like image pull failures, OOMKills, or scheduling problems.

Viewing Logs

For Pods and their containers:

Click a Pod to open the details sidebar
Select the Logs tab
If the pod has multiple containers, use the container selector to choose which one
Logs stream in real-time

Scaling Workloads

You can scale Deployments, StatefulSets, and ReplicaSets directly from the UI.

Select the workload in the table
In the action bar, click scale or press s
The Scale Resource dialog shows the current replica count
Enter the desired number of replicas
Click Scale

The table updates immediately to reflect the new replica count and pod status.

Restarting Workloads (Rollout Restart)

Kunobi can perform a zero-downtime rolling restart on Deployments, StatefulSets, and DaemonSets — equivalent to kubectl rollout restart.

Select the workload in the table
In the action bar, click Restart
Confirm in the dialog

This operation supports multi-select — select multiple workloads and restart them all at once.

Rolling Back a Deployment

You can roll back a Deployment to a previous revision directly from the UI.

Select the Deployment in the table
In the action bar, click Rollback
A dialog opens listing available revisions — choose the target revision
Click Rollback to confirm

Rollback is available for Deployments only and is a single-selection operation.

CronJob Operations

Suspend / Resume

Toggle scheduling on or off for CronJobs. When a CronJob is active, the action bar shows Suspend; when it is already suspended, it shows Resume.

Select one or more CronJobs in the table
Click Suspend or Resume in the action bar

This operation supports multi-select.

Trigger Job

Create a one-off Job from a CronJob without waiting for its next scheduled run.

Select the CronJob in the table
Click Create Job in the action bar

Trigger Job is a single-selection operation.

Node Operations

Cordoning a Node

Cordoning marks a node as unschedulable so no new pods are placed on it (equivalent to kubectl cordon). Existing pods continue running.

Navigate to Nodes in the K8s Resources sidebar
Select a node in the table
In the action bar, click cordon or press c
Confirm in the dialog — it shows the node name and current status

A cordoned node shows a visual indicator in the table.

Uncordoning a Node

Removes the unschedulable taint, allowing pods to be scheduled again:

Select the cordoned node
In the action bar, click uncordon or press u

Draining a Node

Draining cordons the node and evicts all running pods — equivalent to kubectl drain. This is useful before taking a node offline for maintenance.

Navigate to Nodes in the K8s Resources sidebar
Select a node in the table
In the action bar, click Drain
A confirmation dialog appears with grace period options
Confirm to proceed

Drain is a destructive, single-node operation. It cannot be used with multi-select.

Deleting Resources

Warning: Deletion is immediate and may be irreversible for stateful resources. Always confirm before proceeding.

Select one or more resources in the table
The action bar appears at the top — click delete (or press Backspace)
A confirmation dialog lists all resources to be deleted
Optionally set a Grace Period (seconds) and Propagation Policy
Click Delete Resources to confirm

Helm Operations

Kunobi provides visibility into your Helm releases via the HelmRelease resource type under the GitOps section.

Viewing HelmRelease Details

Navigate to the GitOps section in the K8s Resources sidebar
Select HelmRelease to list all releases
Click on a release to open the details sidebar
Use the Overview, Events, and YAML tabs to inspect status, chart reference, install/upgrade settings, and last attempt details

Helm Manifests

The Manifests tab shows the fully rendered Kubernetes manifests produced by the Helm chart, displayed with syntax highlighting. This lets you inspect exactly what resources are deployed without needing helm get manifest.

Helm Values

The Values tab displays the custom values applied to the release, so you can quickly review overrides without checking your Git repository.

Managed Resources

The Managed Resources tab lists all Kubernetes resources deployed by the HelmRelease. Click any resource to jump directly to its detail view in the K8s Drilldown.

ArgoCD Operations

If your cluster runs ArgoCD, Kunobi detects ArgoCD Application resources and provides a Sync action.

Syncing an ArgoCD Application

Navigate to Applications (ArgoCD) in the K8s Drilldown sidebar
Click on an Application to open the details sidebar
Click Sync to trigger an immediate sync

The application status updates to Syncing and then Synced once complete.

Flux Operations

For FluxCD resources, Kunobi provides a Reconcile action. See the GitOps page for full details.

When you select a resource, the action bar shows context-aware drilldown buttons that let you navigate into related resources — from a Deployment into its ReplicaSets, from a Namespace into its Workloads, from a ConfigMap into the Deployments that reference it.

See the dedicated Drilldown page for all navigation paths, screenshots, and keyboard shortcuts.

Selecting Multiple Resources

Hold Shift or use the checkbox column to select multiple resources for batch operations.

Select All / Deselect All — ⌘⇧A (macOS) / Ctrl+Shift+A (Windows/Linux)
Dismiss Selection — Escape

Multi-select operations: Delete, Restart, Suspend/Resume, Reconcile (Flux), Sync (ArgoCD).

Single-selection only: Scale, Rollback, Port Forward, Drain, Trigger Job.

Columns

You can customize which columns are visible and their widths:

Click the Columns button in the toolbar to toggle column visibility
Drag column headers to resize them
Column widths and visibility are persisted per resource type

Keyboard Shortcuts

Action	macOS	Windows/Linux
Select All / Deselect All	`⌘⇧A`	`Ctrl+Shift+A`
Dismiss selection	`Escape`	`Escape`
View YAML	`⌘Y`	`Ctrl+Y`
View events	`⌘E`	`Ctrl+E`
View logs	`⌘L`	`Ctrl+L`
Delete resource	`⌘Delete`	`Ctrl+Delete`
Focus search	`⌘F`	`Ctrl+F`
Go back	`⌘[`	`Ctrl+[`
Copy YAML	`⌘⇧Y`	`Ctrl+Shift+Y`
Manage columns	`⌘⇧D`	`Ctrl+Shift+D`
Reset column widths	`⌘⇧G`	`Ctrl+Shift+G`

See Keybindings for the full list and to customize shortcuts.