Usage • TUI controls • Installation

pvu is a kubectl plugin for inspecting pod volumes.

It can run in two modes:

• interactive TUI mode for browsing pods in a namespace
• direct CLI mode for printing volume details for a specific pod

Without arguments, pvu starts the interactive TUI:

kubectl pvu

To inspect a specific pod directly:

kubectl pvu POD_NAME

To target a specific namespace:

kubectl pvu -n kube-system
kubectl pvu POD_NAME -n kube-system

Show version information:

kubectl pvu --version

Show help:

kubectl pvu --help

pvu uses the current Kubernetes context unless a namespace or kubeconfig file is provided explicitly.

When no pod name is given, the command opens the interactive TUI. When a pod name is given, it prints the pod volume view directly.

In the pod list view:

• / starts filtering
• ↑ / k moves up
• ↓ / j moves down
• enter opens the selected pod
• q or ctrl+c quits

In the detail view:

• b or esc goes back
• q or ctrl+c quits

Place the binary somewhere on your PATH with the name kubectl-pvu.

Example:

sudo install -m 0755 kubectl-pvu /usr/local/bin/kubectl-pvu

Then run:

kubectl pvu --help

Install pvu from your Krew index

kubectl krew install pvu

After install:

kubectl pvu --help
kubectl pvu --version

To remove it:

kubectl krew uninstall pvu