Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Category: Cloud Status: base

Connects to a Google Kubernetes Engine cluster for managing namespaces, workloads, and running kubectl-style operations via the Kubernetes API.

Connection Settings

Field	Default	Description
credentials_name	(empty)	Name of the GCP service account JSON credentials file
host	localhost	Kubernetes API server hostname
port	443	Kubernetes API server port
cluster_ca	(empty)	Cluster CA certificate (base64-encoded, filled automatically)

Authentication

Google Cloud service account JSON key file. The service account must have the Kubernetes Engine Developer (or Admin) role.

To set up credentials: 1. Open https://console.cloud.google.com/iam-admin/serviceaccounts 2. Create a service account and assign the Kubernetes Engine Developer role 3. Create and download a JSON key 4. Upload the key file to dbwebtool and set credentials_name

Supported Actions

• create_namespace — create a Kubernetes namespace
• delete_namespace — remove a namespace
• kubernetes_terminal — open an interactive shell into a pod
• apply_yaml — apply a Kubernetes YAML manifest

Required Setup

Requires the kubernetes Python package:

pip install kubernetes

Enable these Google APIs for your project: - Kubernetes Engine API: https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/container.googleapis.com - Cloud Billing API: https://console.cloud.google.com/apis/library/cloudbilling.googleapis.com

External Links

• https://console.cloud.google.com/kubernetes
• https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/