kubecost/kubecost-lens-extension

A Kubecost extension for the Lens K8s IDE that adds namespace cost data.

Lens Kubecost Extension

A simple Kubecost Lens extension that adds namespace cost data (from the last 24 hours) to the Namespaces view.

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Installation

• Install the community edition of Kubecost: https://www.kubecost.com/install.html
• Download the kubecost-lens-extension .tgz from https://github.com/kubecost/kubecost-lens-extension/releases/tag/v0.0.3 under releases. Alternatively, you may copy the download URL of the release artifact.
• Open the Lens application, select the Lens menu, and then click Extensions. Or, use the shortcut Shift + Command + E to open the Manage Lens Extensions page.
• Specify the path (.tar, .tgz) or download URL to the extension package and click Install.
• port-forward into Kubecost: eg., kubectl port-forward --namespace kubecost deployment/kubecost-cost-analyzer 9090
• View namespace cost data!

Additional notes

Lens 4 users should use v0.0.1. Lens 5 users should use v0.0.3. Lens 6 users should use v0.0.4.

kubecost-lens-extension's Issues

Lens 6 broke compatibility (again)

Linked to Zendesk issue

gz#2388

(related to Zendesk ticket #2388)

Windows 10, Lens 5.0.0-20210629.3 shows Incompatible in status

Tried to install using tgz, no luck. Kubecost is working.

5.2.3-latest.20210921.1 - Extension shows "Incompatible"

The Lens plugin Incompatible with the new Lens version