Datadog Operator Plugin for kubectl

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The Datadog Operator has a kubectl plugin, which provides a set of helper utilities that give visibility into certain internal components.

Install the plugin

Run:

kubectl krew install datadog

This uses the Krew plugin manager.

$ kubectl krew install datadog
Installing plugin: datadog
Installed plugin: datadog
\
 | Use this plugin:
 | 	kubectl datadog
 | Documentation:
 | 	https://github.com/DataDog/datadog-operator
/

Available commands

$ kubectl datadog --help
Usage:
  datadog [command]

Available Commands:
  agent
  clusteragent
  flare        Collect a Datadog's Operator flare and send it to Datadog
  get          Get DatadogAgent deployment(s)
  help         Help about any command
  validate

Agent sub-commands

$ kubectl datadog agent --help
Usage:
  datadog agent [command]

Available Commands:
  check       Find check errors
  find        Find datadog agent pod monitoring a given pod
  upgrade     Upgrade the Datadog Agent version

Cluster Agent sub-commands

$ kubectl datadog clusteragent --help
Usage:
  datadog clusteragent [command]

Available Commands:
  leader      Get Datadog Cluster Agent leader
  upgrade     Upgrade the Datadog Cluster Agent version

Validate sub-commands

$ kubectl datadog validate ad --help
Usage:
  datadog validate ad [command]

Available Commands:
  pod         Validate the autodiscovery annotations for a pod
  service     Validate the autodiscovery annotations for a service