kubenetworks/kubevpn

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KubeVPN is a Go-based CLI tool that creates a network tunnel between your local machine and a Kubernetes cluster, letting you access cluster services by name or Pod/Service IP via a TUN device. It also supports intercepting inbound traffic from remote cluster services to your local PC and running pods locally in Docker with identical environment, volumes, and networking.

Use cases

• connect local machine to kubernetes cluster network
• access kubernetes services by name from localhost
• intercept remote k8s service traffic to local pc for debugging
• run kubernetes pod locally in docker with same environment
• develop microservices locally against a remote cluster
• debug pods in a remote cluster without deploying
• telepresence alternative for kubernetes local development

When to choose

• you need bidirectional connectivity between local dev environment and a k8s cluster
• you want to intercept and debug traffic to remote cluster services on your local machine
• you want to run a pod locally in Docker with identical env, volumes, and network
• you need to connect to multiple clusters simultaneously or use SOCKS5 proxy mode

When to avoid

• you only need port-forwarding for a single service without full network access
• you cannot run privileged operations or create TUN devices on your machine
• your environment cannot pull the kubevpn traffic-manager image from ghcr.io and you cannot mirror it

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