mw gitlab cluster graph

mw gitlab cluster graph [flags]

This command starts a web server that shows a live view of the Kubernetes object graph in a browser. It uses the GitLab Agent for Kubernetes running in the cluster. It requires:

• Version 18.1 or later of GitLab and the GitLab Agent.
• At least the Developer role in the agent project.
• This command requires a personal access token or project access token for authentication. The token must have the read_api and k8s_proxy scopes.

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Resource filtering

To filter resources, namespaces, and select root objects, use Common Expression Language (CEL).

object_selector_expression: Filters objects. The expression must return a boolean. These variables are available:

• obj: The Kubernetes object being evaluated.
• group: The group of the object.
• version: The version of the object.
• resource: The resource name of the object, like pods for the Pod kind.
• namespace: The namespace of the object.
• name: The name of the object.
• labels: The labels of the object.
• annotations: The annotations of the object.

resource_selector_expression: Filters Kubernetes discovery information to include or exclude resources from the watch request. The expression must return a boolean. These variables are available:

• group: The group of the object.
• version: The version of the object.
• resource: The resource name of the object, like pods for the Pod kind.
• namespaced: The scope of group, version, and resource. Can be bool, true, or false.

To select root objects, use the --root-expression flag. When set, only objects that are directly or transitively reachable from root objects are shown. This flag uses the same variables as object_selector_expression, and must return a boolean. Multiple values are joined with OR statements. If any match, the object is used as root.

For more information about using label selectors and field selectors to select namespaces, see the Kubernetes documentation.

Advanced usage

Apart from high-level ways to construct the query, this command enables you to construct and send the query using all underlying API features. To understand what is possible, and how to do it, see the technical design doc

The user should have permission to access the agent project. For more information, see Grant users Kubernetes access.

This feature is an experiment and is not ready for production use. It might be unstable or removed at any time. For more information, see https://docs.gitlab.com/policy/development_stages_support/.

Options

-a, --agent <int>

The numerical Agent ID to connect to.

--apps

Watch deployments, replicasets, daemonsets, and statefulsets in apps/v1 group.

--batch

Watch jobs and cronjobs in the batch/v1 group.

--cluster-rbac

Watch clusterroles and clusterrolebindings in the rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 group.

--core

Watch pods, secrets, configmaps, and serviceaccounts in the core/v1 group

--crd

Watch customresourcedefinitions in the apiextensions.k8s.io/v1 group.

--ignore-arc-direction

Ignore arc direction when evaluating roots connectivity. GitLab and agent 18.3+ required.

--listen-addr <string>

Address to listen on. Default: localhost:0.

--listen-net <string>

Network on which to listen for connections. Default: tcp.

--log-watch-request

Log watch request to stdout. Helpful for debugging.

-n, --namespace <stringArray>

Namespaces to watch. If not specified, all namespaces are watched with label and field selectors filtering.

--ns-expression <string>

CEL expression to select namespaces. Evaluated before a namespace is watched and on any updates for the namespace object.

--ns-field-selector <string>

Field selector to select namespaces.

--ns-label-selector <string>

Label selector to select namespaces.

--rbac

Watch roles, and rolebindings in the rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1 group.

-r, --resource <stringArray>

A list of resources to watch. You can see the list of resources your cluster supports by running 'kubectl api-resources'.

--root-expression <stringArray>

CEL expression to select root objects. GitLab and agent 18.3+ required.

--stdin

Read watch request from standard input.

Global options

-h, --help

Show help for this command.

--no-interaction

Do not ask any interactive questions

--profile <string>

Saved account profile (login defaults to the verified username)

-R, --repo <OWNER/REPO>

Select another repository. Can use either OWNER/REPO or `GROUP/NAMESPACE/REPO` format. Also accepts full URL or Git URL.

-v, --verbose <count>

Increase output verbosity. Example: --verbose=2 or -vv

Examples

# Run the default query for agent 123
$ glab cluster graph -R user/project -a 123

# Show common resources from the core and RBAC groups
$ glab cluster graph -R user/project -a 123 --core --rbac

# Show certain resources
$ glab cluster graph -R user/project -a 123 --resource=pods --resource=configmaps

# Same as above, but more compact
$ glab cluster graph -R user/project -a 123 -r={pods,configmaps}

# Select a certain namespace
$ glab cluster graph -R user/project -a 123 -n={my-ns,my-stuff}

# Select all namespaces that have a certain annotation
$ glab cluster graph -R user/project -a 123 --ns-expression='"my-annotation" in annotations'

# Advanced usage - pass the full query directly via stdin.
# The query below watches service accounts in all namespaces except for the kube-system.
$ Q='{"queries":[{"include":{"resource_selector_expression":"resource == \"serviceaccounts\""}}],"namespaces":{"object_selector_expression":"name != \"kube-system\""}}'

$ echo -n "$Q" | glab cluster graph -R user/project -a 123 --stdin

# Roots filtering
$ glab cluster graph -R user/project -a 123 --root-expression 'group == "" && resource == "pods"'

See also

• mw gitlab cluster