No "Terminal" option on pods

[PhilippeBerard]

Hello all,

I've seen a Terminal button for the pods, on some of the documentation examples, but can't find any on my Mac OS X / Brew installation, only Logs and Delete buttons appear.

Is there any special configuration to allow this option to work, or is it a Linux only feature ? Thanks for your return.

[nadaverell]

Hi @PhilippeBerard, thanks for reporting this!

The Terminal button is gated by cluster RBAC — Radar checks if your kubeconfig has create permission on pods/exec, and only shows the button if you're authorized. You can verify with:

kubectl auth can-i create pods/exec

If that returns no, you'll need a ClusterRole/RoleBinding that grants exec access.

We also fixed a bug in v0.9.8 where transient API failures during RBAC checks could incorrectly hide the Terminal button even when you did have permission (#145). If you're on an older version, upgrading to the latest (v0.9.16) should help.

Let us know if the button appears after checking RBAC or upgrading!

[PhilippeBerard]

Hello and thanks for your answer !

That's a strange limitation for me, as I do not have this permission on our cluster, but am still able to run a terminal through "kubectl exec" or the Lens app.

I've upgraded to the last version of radar, and still have no "Terminal" button.

[nadaverell]

hey, I think this should be solved on v1.2.1+
lmk otherwise

[nadaverell]

Hi @PhilippeBerard — circling back on this one. We've shipped a number of RBAC and capability-detection improvements since, and the latest version (and #485 merged recently) should handle the Terminal visibility more reliably across auth modes.

If you're still on the same setup, could you update to the latest release and let us know whether the Terminal button shows up as expected? If there are still gaps, a quick note on your OS / install method / auth mode would help us track it down.

[PhilippeBerard]

It now works perfectly ! Well done and thank you very much !