Extensions

Extensions add integrations and extra capabilities to Kunobi beyond core Kubernetes. They are versioned independently of the app, so an extension can be updated without waiting for a new Kunobi release. Each extension has its own documentation section; this page covers installing and managing them.

Installing an Extension

1. Open Settings (⌘, / Ctrl+,) and switch to the Extensions tab.
2. The table lists both installed extensions and everything available from the catalog, with columns for Name, Publisher, Version, Source, Status, and Latest. Extensions you haven't installed yet show the status Available.
3. Select the extension's row and press Install (or press i).

The status moves through Installing... to Connected - the extension is downloaded, registered, and started automatically. No app restart is needed.

If the catalog looks stale, press Refresh Catalog (c) to force a refresh; the header shows when the catalog was last fetched.

Updating, Stopping & Removing

Select an installed extension's row to see the remaining actions in the action bar:

• Update (u) - available when the Latest column shows a newer catalog version than the one installed.
• Load (l) / Reload (r) - start an idle extension, or restart a running one.
• Stop (s) - stop a running extension without uninstalling it.
• Remove (Backspace) - stop the extension and delete it.

You can select multiple rows to install, update, or remove several extensions at once.

If an extension fails to start, its Status shows Failed or Error - hover it for the error message.

Where Extensions Appear

Each extension surfaces in the part of the app it extends:

• Cloud Providers adds a workspace to the Sources page. See Cloud Providers.
• Cilium adds a workspace to the Kubernetes data page. See Cilium.
• Cloudflare adds a workspace to the Sources page and Cloudflare resource views to the Kubernetes data page. See Cloudflare.
• Redfish adds a workspace to the Sources page and server views to the Kubernetes data page. See Redfish.
• SNMP adds a workspace to the Sources page and device views to the Kubernetes data page. See SNMP.

If you open one of those areas while the extension is not installed or not running, Kunobi shows an "extension required" notice with an Open Extensions button that takes you straight to the Extensions tab.

More extensions are in development.

Credentials

Extensions that need real credentials store them in your operating system's keychain (macOS Keychain, Windows Credential Manager, or the Linux Secret Service) - Redfish keeps BMC passwords there and Cloudflare keeps API tokens there, and removing a server or connection also removes its stored secret. Cloud Providers and Cilium don't ask for credentials at all: Cloud Providers delegates authentication to each provider's own CLI, and Cilium uses your existing cluster connection. The one exception is SNMP, whose v2c community strings are kept in the extension's own configuration file - see SNMP.