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CLI tools
The following CLI tools are supported for use with Knative.
kubectl
You can use kubectl
to apply the YAML files required to install Knative components, and also to create Knative resources, such as services and event sources using YAML.
See Install and Set Up kubectl
.
kn
kn
provides a quick and easy interface for creating Knative resources such as services and event sources, without the need to create or modify YAML files directly. kn
also simplifies completion of otherwise complex procedures such as autoscaling and traffic splitting.
NOTE: kn
cannot be used to install Knative components such as Serving or Eventing.
See Installing kn
.
Connecting CLI tools to your cluster
After you have installed kubectl
or kn
, these tools will search for the kubeconfig
file of your cluster in the default location of $HOME/.kube/config
, and will use this file to connect to the cluster.
A kubeconfig
file is usually automatically created when you create a Kubernetes cluster.
For more information about kubeconfig
files, see Organizing Cluster Access Using kubeconfig Files.
Using kubeconfig files with your platform
Instructions for using kubeconfig
files are available for the following platforms:
- Amazon EKS
- Google GKE
- IBM IKS
- Red Hat OpenShift Cloud Platform
- Starting minikube writes this file automatically, or provides an appropriate context in an existing configuration file.