RemoteShell-CCE

RemoteShell-CCE provides a command-line tool to connect to Huawei Cloud clusters by using kubectl.

Prerequisites

Please make sure that the cluster that you want to access is accessible over the Internet.

Key Features

• Communication with a cluster using kubectl
• Display different workload resources in treeview: Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, Pods
• Get a shell in a Kubernetes Pod using kubectl exec

User Interface Overview

The RemoteShell-CCE user interface consists of two components:

• Cloud Resources: Cloud Container Engine (CCE) view, listing all the Huawei Cloud Clusters that are associated with your Huawei Cloud account.
• Editor area, which is organized in tabs holding the currently opened kubectl shells and files.

Supported Kubectl Versions

• v1.15
• v1.17
• v1.19
• v1.21
• v1.23

Get Started

1. Communication with a cluster

• To connect to a Huawei Cloud cluster, in Cloud Resources: Cloud Container Engine (CCE) view, hover the mouse over the cluster you want to connect to.
• Click Open Kubectl Shell.
• Run kubectl commands, no configuration required.

2. Connect to a Kubernetes Pod

• In Cloud Resources: Cloud Container Engine (CCE) view, find the target cluster you want to connect then click it and its child nodes several times until you find the target Pod.
• Click the Connect to Pod button.

3. More information about CCE

• Click Open CCE Home Page in Cloud Resources: Cloud Container Engine (CCE) view title menu.

Note: You can update the certificate of a specified cluster by doing one of the following:

• Click Refresh Project for Project Node.
• Click Refresh Cluster for Cluster Node.
• Click Refresh in Cloud Container Engine (CCE) view title menu.