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Ankra lets you open an interactive terminal directly into any running pod container from the dashboard. Choose your shell, select the target container, and debug issues without leaving the browser.

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Opening a Terminal

1

Navigate to a Pod

Go to Clusters → [Your Cluster] → Kubernetes → Workloads → Pods and select a running pod.
2

Open the Terminal Tab

Click the Terminal tab in the pod detail view.
3

Select Container and Shell

If the pod has multiple containers, select the target container from the dropdown. Choose your preferred shell (/bin/sh, /bin/bash, /bin/zsh, or /bin/ash).
4

Connect

Click Connect to start the terminal session. You’ll see a green “Connected” indicator when the session is active.

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Features

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Supported Shells

If the container uses an Alpine-based image, use /bin/sh or /bin/ash. Bash is not included in Alpine by default.

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Requirements

  • The cluster agent must be running and connected (cluster state: online).
  • The pod must be in a running state. Terminal is not available for deleted or terminated pods.
  • The selected shell must be available inside the container image.

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Troubleshooting