# How To - Kubespy

# Kubespy

Website: https://github.com/pulumi/kubespy

A open source tool that makes it easy to observe how Kubernetes resources change in real time.

### Install Kubespy

```
brew install kubespy
```

### Verify Installed Kubespy Version

```
kubespy version
```

### Kubespy Help

```
kubespy help
```

### Show K8s Resource Status

This command will emits all changes made to the .status field of an arbitrary Kubernetes resource, as a JSON diff in real time.

```
kubespy status <apiVersion> <kind> [<namespace>/]<name>
```

```
kubespy status v1 pod nginx
```

### Show K8s Resource Changes

This command will emits all changes to any field in a  Kubernetes resource, as a JSON diff in real time.

```
kubespy changes <apiVersion> <kind> [<namespace>/]<name>
```

```
kubespy changes v1 pod nginx
```

### Show K8s Resource Changes

This command will trace the changes, a complex Kubernetes resource makes throughout a cluster, and aggregates them into a high-level summary, which is updated in real time.

```
kubespy trace <kind> [<namespace>/]<name>
```

```
kubespy trace deploy nginx
```