Terminal

The Terminal panel provides an integrated kubectl terminal directly inside Kube Inspector. It is powered by xterm.js and a server-side pseudo-terminal (pty).

Opening the Terminal

Click Terminal in the sidebar under the Workspace section. A terminal panel opens, already connected to a shell with kubectl available and configured against the active cluster.

Usage

The terminal behaves like a standard terminal emulator:

• Run any kubectl command directly
• Use tab completion, history (↑/↓), and keyboard shortcuts
• Open multiple terminal panels by clicking the Terminal sidebar item again

# Examples
kubectl get pods -n production
kubectl describe node worker-1
kubectl exec -it my-pod -- /bin/sh
kubectl rollout status deployment/my-app

Active Cluster Context

The terminal session is pre-configured with the kubeconfig of the currently active cluster. Switching clusters in the cluster manager does not automatically update already-open terminal sessions. Close and reopen the terminal after switching clusters to use the new context.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+C	Interrupt current command
Ctrl+L	Clear the terminal screen
↑ / ↓	Navigate command history
Tab	Autocomplete (if shell supports it)

Notes

• The terminal runs a shell process on your local machine; it is not an in-cluster exec session.
• Shell configuration (.bashrc, .zshrc) is sourced on startup, so aliases and functions you have defined locally are available.