Chapter 4. Exploring a service network

Procedure

1. Set your Kubernetes context to a namespace on the service network.

2. Use the following command to report the status of the service network:

   $ skupper network status

   For example:

   Sites:
   ├─ [local] a960b766-20bd-42c8-886d-741f3a9f6aa2(west) 1
   │  │ namespace: west
   │  │ site name: west 2
   │  │ version: 1.8.1 3
   │  ╰─ Linked sites:
   │     ├─ 496ca1de-0c80-4e70-bbb4-d0d6ec2a09c0(east)
   │     │  direction: outgoing
   │     ╰─ 484cccc3-401c-4c30-a6ed-73382701b18a()
   │        direction: incoming
   ├─ [remote] 496ca1de-0c80-4e70-bbb4-d0d6ec2a09c0(east) 4
   │  │ namespace: east
   │  │ site name: east
   │  │ version: 1.8.1
   │  ╰─ Linked sites:
   │     ╰─ a960b766-20bd-42c8-886d-741f3a9f6aa2(west) 5
   │        direction: incoming
   ╰─ [remote] 484cccc3-401c-4c30-a6ed-73382701b18a() 6
      │ site name: vm-user-c3d98
      │ version: 1.8.1
      ╰─ Linked sites:
         ╰─ a960b766-20bd-42c8-886d-741f3a9f6aa2(west)
            direction: outgoing

   1

   The unique identifier of the site associated with the current context, that is, the west namespace

   2

   The site name. By default, skupper uses the name of the current namespace. If you want to specify a site name, use skupper init --site-name <site-name>.

   3

   The version of Skupper running the site. The site version can be different from the current skupper CLI version. To update a site to the version of the CLI, use skupper update.

   4

   The unique identifier of a remote site on the service network.

   5

   The sites that the remote site is linked to.

   6

   The unique identifier of a remote podman site. Podman sites do not have an associated context.