Quick start
Run Glowpod on your own computer and see your cluster in about a minute. It uses the kubeconfig you already have, so there is nothing to install in the cluster.
- Time
- About 1 minute
- You need
- A working kubeconfig
- Works on
- macOS, Linux, Windows
Download Glowpod
Get the file for your system and chip from the
latest release and
unpack it. Each one holds a single glowpod program.
# macOS and Linux (here: Linux on Intel or AMD)
tar -xzf
glowpod_*_linux_amd64.tar.gz && cd glowpod_*_linux_amd64
# Windows: unzip glowpod_*_windows_amd64.zip, then in that folder
.\glowpod.exe
If macOS blocks a downloaded program, allow it once with
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ./glowpod.
Open your cluster
Run Glowpod. It reads your current kubeconfig context, listens on 127.0.0.1 only and opens the dashboard in your browser with a one-time sign-in link.
./glowpod
Glowpod is running. Open:
http://127.0.0.1:7171/…
Want a different cluster? Add
-context staging. Every request runs as your
kubeconfig's user, so you see exactly what you can see with kubectl.
Gauges need metrics-server
The CPU and memory gauges read live usage from metrics-server. Without it they say "Install metrics-server" and everything else still works. Network appears only when Glowpod finds Prometheus.
kubectl apply -f
https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/metrics-server/releases/latest/download/components.yaml
Pick your mode
Use the Glance and Deep tabs in the top bar. Glowpod remembers your choice.
| Mode | Best for | You see |
|---|---|---|
| Glance | Developers shipping apps | Your apps, their health, plain-language problems |
| Deep | Platform and DevOps teams | Every resource, node load, events, YAML |