Start and manage the Kurtosis gateway for Kubernetes. The gateway forwards local ports to the Kurtosis engine and services running in a k8s cluster. Required when using Kurtosis with Kubernetes. Use when kurtosis engine status shows nothing on k8s or services aren't reachable.
The Kurtosis gateway creates local port forwards to the engine and services running in a Kubernetes cluster.
The gateway is required when running Kurtosis on Kubernetes. Without it, the local CLI cannot reach the engine pod in the cluster.
Not needed when using Docker backend.
# Run in the background
kurtosis gateway &
# Or in a separate terminal
kurtosis gateway
kurtosis engine status
If this returns engine info, the gateway is working. If it says "No Kurtosis engine is running" but you know the engine pod is up, the gateway isn't running.
pkill -f "kurtosis gateway"
The gateway:
kurtosis-engine-* namespacekurtosis enclave inspect point to localhost via the gateway| Symptom | Fix |
|---|---|
No engine running but engine pod is up | Start the gateway: kurtosis gateway & |
| Gateway crashes or disconnects | Restart: pkill -f "kurtosis gateway"; kurtosis gateway & |
| Port conflicts | Kill old gateway first: pkill -f "kurtosis gateway" |
| Services unreachable after gateway restart | Re-inspect enclave for new port mappings |