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title: Tools
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Kubernetes contains several built-in tools to help you work with the Kubernetes system, and also supports third-party tooling.

#### Native Tools

Kubernetes contains the following built-in tools:

##### Kubectl 

[`kubectl`](/docs/user-guide/kubectl/) is the command line tool for Kubernetes. It controls the Kubernetes cluster manager.

##### Kubeadm 

[`kubeadm`](/docs/getting-started-guides/kubeadm/) is the command line tool for easily provisioning a secure Kubernetes cluster on top of physical or cloud servers or virtual machines (currently in alpha).

##### Kubefed

[`kubefed`](/docs/tutorials/federation/set-up-cluster-federation-kubefed/) is the command line tool
to help you administrate your federated clusters.

##### Minikube

[`minikube`](/docs/getting-started-guides/minikube/) is a tool that makes it
easy to run a single-node Kubernetes cluster locally on your workstation for
development and testing purposes.

##### Dashboard 

[Dashboard](/docs/tasks/web-ui-dashboard/), the web-based user interface of Kubernetes, allows you to deploy containerized applications
to a Kubernetes cluster, troubleshoot them, and manage the cluster and its resources itself. 

#### Third-Party Tools

Kubernetes supports various third-party tools. These include, but are not limited to:

##### Helm

[Kubernetes Helm](https://github.com/kubernetes/helm) is a tool for managing packages of pre-configured
Kubernetes resources, aka Kubernetes charts.

Use Helm to: 

* Find and use popular software packaged as Kubernetes charts
* Share your own applications as Kubernetes charts
* Create reproducible builds of your Kubernetes applications
* Intelligently manage your Kubernetes manifest files
* Manage releases of Helm packages

##### Kompose 

[Kompose](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kompose) is a tool to help Docker Compose users move to Kubernetes. 

Use Kompose to:

* Translate a Docker Compose file into Kubernetes objects
* Go from local Docker development to managing your application via Kubernetes
* Convert v1 or v2 Docker Compose `yaml` files or [Distributed Application Bundles](https://docs.docker.com/compose/bundles/)
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Update index.md 2016-12-28 23:14:23 +00:00			`Kubernetes contains several built-in tools to help you work with the Kubernetes system, and also supports third-party tooling.`

			`#### Native Tools`

			`Kubernetes contains the following built-in tools:`

			`##### Kubectl`
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Fix 404 in tools 2016-10-06 01:01:52 +00:00			[`kubectl`](/docs/user-guide/kubectl/) is the command line tool for Kubernetes. It controls the Kubernetes cluster manager.
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Added kubeadm to list of tools under kubectl. Updated _data/tools.yml to reflect kubeadm. 2016-12-30 20:22:58 +00:00			`##### Kubeadm`

			[`kubeadm`](/docs/getting-started-guides/kubeadm/) is the command line tool for easily provisioning a secure Kubernetes cluster on top of physical or cloud servers or virtual machines (currently in alpha).

Update index.md 2016-12-28 23:14:23 +00:00			`##### Kubefed`
Fix URL typo and whitespace. 2016-12-13 23:21:12 +00:00
Update User Guide and Admin links to point to new resources. (#3438) * Update links to outdated user-guide and admin docs * Add script for updating outdated links. * Update regex to include init-containers file. * Pull upstream, rewrite links in and to namespaces walkthrough. 2017-04-19 17:56:47 +00:00			[`kubefed`](/docs/tutorials/federation/set-up-cluster-federation-kubefed/) is the command line tool
Fix URL typo and whitespace. 2016-12-13 23:21:12 +00:00			`to help you administrate your federated clusters.`

tools: list minikube as a Native Tool Fixes #2491. Signed-off-by: Ahmet Alp Balkan <ahmetalpbalkan@gmail.com> 2017-04-05 04:41:39 +00:00			`##### Minikube`

			[`minikube`](/docs/getting-started-guides/minikube/) is a tool that makes it
			`easy to run a single-node Kubernetes cluster locally on your workstation for`
			`development and testing purposes.`

Update index.md 2016-12-28 23:14:23 +00:00			`##### Dashboard`
Remove third-party page and make one page for all tools 2016-10-05 21:24:14 +00:00
Update User Guide and Admin links to point to new resources. (#3438) * Update links to outdated user-guide and admin docs * Add script for updating outdated links. * Update regex to include init-containers file. * Pull upstream, rewrite links in and to namespaces walkthrough. 2017-04-19 17:56:47 +00:00			`[Dashboard](/docs/tasks/web-ui-dashboard/), the web-based user interface of Kubernetes, allows you to deploy containerized applications`
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Update index.md 2016-12-28 23:14:23 +00:00			`#### Third-Party Tools`

			`Kubernetes supports various third-party tools. These include, but are not limited to:`
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Update index.md 2016-12-28 23:14:23 +00:00			`##### Helm`
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			`[Kubernetes Helm](https://github.com/kubernetes/helm) is a tool for managing packages of pre-configured`
			`Kubernetes resources, aka Kubernetes charts.`

			`Use Helm to:`
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			`* Share your own applications as Kubernetes charts`
			`* Create reproducible builds of your Kubernetes applications`
			`* Intelligently manage your Kubernetes manifest files`
			`* Manage releases of Helm packages`
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Update index.md 2016-12-28 23:14:23 +00:00			`##### Kompose`
Add Tools top nav and move 3rd party doc under it 2016-09-27 23:06:18 +00:00
update index.md (#2755) * update index.md add one word "be". * update index.md change "to help users familiar with Docker Compose move to Kubernetes" to "to help Docker Compose users move to Kubernetes". This is much better. Thank you! At first i misunderstand the meaning of this sentence. 2017-03-22 01:29:21 +00:00			`[Kompose](https://github.com/kubernetes-incubator/kompose) is a tool to help Docker Compose users move to Kubernetes.`
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			`Use Kompose to:`

			`* Translate a Docker Compose file into Kubernetes objects`
			`* Go from local Docker development to managing your application via Kubernetes`
			* Convert v1 or v2 Docker Compose `yaml` files or [Distributed Application Bundles](https://docs.docker.com/compose/bundles/)