kubectl-root

kubectl-root is a simple kubectl plugin that helps exec into non-root containers as root.

Requirements

• you have ssh access to the k8s nodes
• the nodes have crictl and runc installed

Installation

Place kubectl-root into the directory within your PATH (e.g. ~/.local/bin or ~/.krew/bin)

Customization

You can export the following variables to tweak the plugin's behaviour.

VARIABLE	DEFAULT	DETAILS
KROOT_NAMESPACE	default	default k8s namespace
KROOT_SHELL	sh	default container shell
KROOT_CRICTL_BIN	/usr/local/bin/crictl	crictl binary path on the node
KROOT_RUNC_BIN	/var/lib/rancher/rke2/bin/runc	runc binary path on the node
KROOT_RUNC_ROOT	/run/containerd/runc/k8s.io	runc root directory
KROOT_SSH_OPT		ssh options

Usage

kubectl root helps exec into non-root containers as root

Usage:
  kubectl root <pod> [-c <string>] [-n <string>] [-h]

Flags:
  -c, --container string    specify container name
  -n, --namespace string    set namespace scope
  -h, --help                show this message