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Learn Kubyl Mobile and Server

How the phone app and the Kubyl Server it pairs with work: installing the server, pairing devices, licenses, networking and what you can do from your pocket.

The app

What Kubyl Mobile does and what it needs.

Install the server

Run Kubyl Server in a container and pair your first phone.

Safe changes

Confirm sheets, PROD guards and read-only clusters.

Networking and operations

Tailscale, WireGuard, the web UI and the console.

Kubyl Mobile

  • Kubyl Mobile: overview

    What the Kubyl Mobile app is, what it needs and where to get it.

  • Pairing and servers

    Pair the app with Kubyl Server by QR code or link, revoke a device and use more than one server.

  • Using the app

    The five tabs of Kubyl Mobile and what you can do in them, with links to the detailed pages for resources, apps, monitoring, agents and settings.

  • Resource pages

    What the page of each Kubernetes kind shows in Kubyl Mobile: workloads, pods, nodes, network, config and storage, access control, events and cluster objects.

  • Apps, GitOps and operators

    Argo CD, Flux CD, Helm (read and write), Workloads, OLM operators and cluster updates in Kubyl Mobile.

  • Metrics, alerts and flows

    The Prometheus explorer, charts, Alertmanager rules and silences, and network flows in Kubyl Mobile.

  • AI agents in the app

    Chat with an AI agent about a cluster from Kubyl Mobile: consent, entry points, what it can read and what stays on the server.

  • Settings and the license screen

    App settings, the license screen, notifications, paired devices, cluster sign-in and turned-off clusters in Kubyl Mobile.

  • Safe changes

    How Kubyl Mobile protects clusters: two-step confirmation, typed names on production, biometrics, read-only clusters and masked secrets.

  • Push notifications

    Get notified about firing alerts, failed Argo CD syncs and NotReady nodes, with end-to-end encrypted payloads.

Kubyl Server

  • Kubyl Server: install and pairing

    Run Kubyl Server in a container, pair the mobile app and configure it with flags and environment variables.

  • Server license

    Activate Kubyl Server, the license states and grace period, and moving a license to another server.

  • Credentials and sign-ins

    The encrypted credential store, shared or per-device sign-ins on the Team plan, and exec plugins such as aws, gke and kubelogin.

  • Server operations

    Networking with Tailscale or WireGuard, TLS and proxies, the Helm chart's exposure options, and the web UI.

  • AI agents

    Run Claude, Codex, Gemini CLI, Copilot, goose or OpenCode on your server for read-only cluster chat: setup, sign-in, limits and security notes.

  • What the mobile client can and cannot do

    What Kubyl Mobile can read and change through Kubyl Server, how read-only and production clusters are set, and how Helm writes work.

  • Updates and image contents

    Update Kubyl Server, what the single container image bundles, how to pin or drop tools, and the bundled licenses.

  • Troubleshooting and console keys

    Fixes for common Kubyl Server problems and the keys of the full-screen console.