kubectl-istiolog

kubectl-istiolog

A plugin to manipulate istio-proxy logging level and also provides tailing of logs.

Installation

Download precompiled binaries from GitHub Releases.

Via Krew

kubectl krew install istiolog

Usage

kubectl istiolog <<podname>> -n <<namespace>> -l debug -f

istio-proxy(envoy instance) comes with a default logging level as Warning, the above command updates the logging level of Envoy instance to debug and also helps in tailing the logs of istio-proxy container which is a sidecar in one go.

kubectl istiolog supports all the logger names and logger levels similar to istio proxy-config.

On exit, logging level of Envoy instance will be reverted back to default logging level Warning.

Help Menu

A Kubectl plugin to manage and set envoy log levels

Usage:
  kubectl-istiolog [pod] [flags]
  kubectl-istiolog [command]

Available Commands:
  completion  generate the autocompletion script for the specified shell
  help        Help about any command
  version     print current kubectl-istiolog version

Flags:
  -f, --follow             Specify if the logs should be streamed
  -h, --help               help for kubectl-istiolog
  -l, --level string       Comma-separated minimum per-logger level of messages to output (default "warning")
  -n, --namespace string   Namespace in current context (default "default")
      --verbose            Verbose mode on

Use "kubectl-istiolog [command] --help" for more information about a command.

Supported Logger Names

admin, aws, assert, backtrace, client, config, connection, conn_handler, dubbo, file, filter, forward_proxy, grpc, hc, health_checker, http, http2, hystrix, init, io, jwt, kafka, lua, main, misc, mongo, quic, pool, rbac, redis, router, runtime, stats, secret, tap, testing, thrift, tracing, upstream, udp, wasm

Supported Logger Levels

trace, debug, info, warning, error, critical, off

License

This project is distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, see LICENSE for more information.