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Kubernetes Deployment Health-Check CLI Tool

A Go CLI tool that connects to a Kubernetes cluster, checks the health and rollout status of specified deployments, and exits with meaningful status codes for use in CI pipelines. Learners practice the Kubernetes client-go library, cluster API interactions, and building CI-friendly tooling.

Estimate
~10.5h
Steps
6
Completed by
0
Proposed by
codeseed.app

client-go · Kubernetes API · cobra

Project roadmap

  1. 01

    Authenticate to the cluster

    ~2h

    Set up authentication using client-go and a kubeconfig file to connect to a Kubernetes cluster.

  2. 02

    List deployment status

    ~1.5h

    Implement a command that lists deployments and their current replica status.

  3. 03

    Poll rollout status

    ~2h

    Poll a deployment's rollout status until it completes or a timeout is reached.

  4. 04

    Add log tailing

    ~2h

    Tail logs from failing pods to help diagnose rollout issues.

  5. 05

    Support CI-friendly output

    ~1.5h

    Output results as both human-readable text and JSON for consumption by CI pipelines.

  6. 06

    Package with cobra

    ~1.5h

    Structure the tool as cobra subcommands and write usage documentation with examples.

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Tech stack

client-goKubernetes APIcobra