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Other Tools

    Kubernetes contains several built-in tools to help you work with the Kubernetes system.

    Minikube

    minikube is a tool that runs a single-node Kubernetes cluster locally on your workstation for development and testing purposes.

    Dashboard

    Dashboard, the web-based user interface of Kubernetes, allows you to deploy containerized applications to a Kubernetes cluster, troubleshoot them, and manage the cluster and its resources itself.

    Helm

    Kubernetes Helm is a tool for managing packages of pre-configured Kubernetes resources, aka Kubernetes charts.

    Use Helm to:

    • Find and use popular software packaged as Kubernetes charts
    • Share your own applications as Kubernetes charts
    • Create reproducible builds of your Kubernetes applications
    • Intelligently manage your Kubernetes manifest files
    • Manage releases of Helm packages

    Kompose

    Kompose is a tool to help Docker Compose users move to Kubernetes.

    Use Kompose to:

    • Translate a Docker Compose file into Kubernetes objects
    • Go from local Docker development to managing your application via Kubernetes
    • Convert v1 or v2 Docker Compose yaml files or Distributed Application Bundles