Using Lens to Collaborate on Managed Kubernetes Clusters
summary
Lens is a desktop Kubernetes IDE that connects to managed clusters (EKS/AKS) via kubeconfig, adds clusters in seconds, and if no metrics exist it installs Prometheus stack and begins scraping so CPU/memory/pod dashboards appear within minutes. The demo shows node and pod inspection, exec and logs, port‑forwarding, scaling a Deployment from 1 to 3 pods, Helm chart browsing, extensions like Starboard and Kubecost, and a shared workspace feature that shares cluster access without handing over kubeconfigs; adding a cluster to a team space propagates access in a few minutes.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:44What is Lens IDE
- 2:41Monitoring with Prometheus
- 4:53Workloads and Deployments
- 8:44Helm Charts in Lens
- 9:48Lens Extensions
- 10:56Sharing Clusters with Lens Spaces
- 13:48Closing and Q&A
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