Provide a way for GitLab.com users to debug Kubernetes errors
See https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/55362#note_136262494
Problem
When certain Kubernetes operations are run by the GitLab rails application, such as creating namespace or service accounts or creating pods, users can only see limited error information on the UI. Our docs then direct them to kubernetes.log
but on GitLab.com they won't have access to that log.
Example error currently seen by users:
Something went wrong while installing Helm Tiller
Kubernetes error: 404
Further details
Note that when a Kubernetes operation is run in an install pod (e.g. installing Helm in install-helm
pod), the user can query the pod logs which is feasible.
Proposal
Unsure at the moment. Needs a way where a non-administrator can access more information
Edited by Thong Kuah