Is there a way to edit codes in kubernetes pods using VS Code?

Question

Typically, if I have a remote server, I could access it using ssh, and VS Code gives a beautiful extension for editing and debugging codes for the remote server. But when I create pods in Kuberneters, I can't really ssh into the container and so I cannot edit the code inside the pod or machine. And the kuberneters plugin in VSCode does not really help because the plugin is used to deploy the code. So, I was wondering whether there is a way edit codes inside a pod using VSCode.

P.S. Alternatively if there is a way to ssh into a pod in a kuberneters, that will do too.

Answer 1

If your requirement is "kubectl edit xxx" to use VSCode.

The solution is:

• For Linux: export EDITOR='code --wait'

• For Windows: set EDITOR=code --wait

• For macOS: export EDITOR='open -a "Visual Studio Code" --wait'

Answer 2

Kubernetes + Remote Development extensions now allow:

• attaching to k8s pods
• open remote folders
• execute remotely
• debug on remote
• integrated terminal into remote

must have:

• kubectl
• docker (minimum = docker cli - Is it possible to install only the docker cli and not the daemon)

required vscode extentions:

• Kubernetes. https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-kubernetes-tools.vscode-kubernetes-tools
• Remote Development - https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack