Services & Storage

ACTIVATE provides a unified view of Kubernetes services, persistent storage, ConfigMaps, and Secrets across all connected clusters. You can filter, search, and inspect these resources without switching between clusters or namespaces.

Services

Navigate to Kubernetes > Services in the sidebar to view all services across your clusters.

Service Table Columns

Column	Description
Name	The service name. Click to view full resource details.
Type	The Kubernetes service type: `ClusterIP`, `NodePort`, `LoadBalancer`, or `ExternalName`.
Namespace	The namespace the service belongs to.
Cluster	The cluster hosting the service (hidden when filtering by a single cluster).
Cluster IP	The internal cluster IP address assigned to the service.
External IP	The external IP or hostname assigned by a load balancer, or the explicitly configured external IPs. Displays `-` if none.
Ports	Port mappings in `port:targetPort/protocol` format (e.g., `80:8080/TCP`).
Created	Relative timestamp showing when the service was created.

Filtering Services

Use the filter bar at the top of the services table to narrow results:

Clusters — Show services from specific clusters only
Namespaces — Filter by one or more namespaces
Types — Filter by service type (ClusterIP, NodePort, LoadBalancer, ExternalName)
Search — Free-text search across service name, namespace, cluster, cluster IP, and external IP

Selectors

Each service includes a selector field that shows which pods the service targets. Selectors are displayed as comma-separated key=value pairs (e.g., app=nginx,tier=frontend). Services without selectors show an empty value.

Persistent Volume Claims (PVCs)

Navigate to Kubernetes > Storages in the sidebar to view PVCs and PVs across your clusters.

PVCs represent storage requests made by pods. The storage table displays the following information for each PVC:

Column	Description
Name	The PVC name. Click to view full resource details.
Status	Binding status: `Bound`, `Pending`, or `Failed`.
Type	Displays `PVC`.
Namespace	The namespace the PVC belongs to.
Cluster	The cluster hosting the PVC.
Capacity	The provisioned storage capacity (e.g., `10Gi`).
Access	Access mode abbreviations: `RWO` (ReadWriteOnce), `ROX` (ReadOnlyMany), `RWX` (ReadWriteMany), `RWOP` (ReadWriteOncePod).
Storage Class	The storage class used for provisioning (e.g., `standard`, `gp3`).
Used By	The pod currently using this PVC. Click the pod name to navigate to the pod details.
Created	Relative timestamp showing when the PVC was created.

Access Mode Reference

Abbreviation	Full Name	Description
`RWO`	ReadWriteOnce	Volume can be mounted as read-write by a single node
`ROX`	ReadOnlyMany	Volume can be mounted as read-only by many nodes
`RWX`	ReadWriteMany	Volume can be mounted as read-write by many nodes
`RWOP`	ReadWriteOncePod	Volume can be mounted as read-write by a single pod

Persistent Volumes (PVs)

PVs are cluster-scoped storage resources. They appear alongside PVCs in the same storage table.

Column	Description
Name	The PV name.
Status	Volume phase: `Available`, `Bound`, `Released`, or `Failed`.
Type	Displays `PV`.
Namespace	Displays `-` (PVs are cluster-scoped).
Cluster	The cluster hosting the PV.
Capacity	The total storage capacity of the volume.
Access	Supported access modes (same abbreviations as PVCs).
Storage Class	The storage class of the volume.
Reclaim Policy	What happens when the PVC is deleted: `Retain`, `Delete`, or `Recycle`.
Created	Relative timestamp showing when the PV was created.

Filtering Storage

Use the filter bar to narrow storage results:

Clusters — Show storage from specific clusters only
Namespaces — Filter by namespace (applies to PVCs only)
Types — Filter by PVC or PV
Status — Filter by status: Bound, Pending, Available, Released, or Failed
Search — Free-text search across name, namespace, cluster, storage class, volume name, and claim reference

Admin Access Required

PVs are cluster-scoped resources and only appear when querying across all namespaces (admin users). Non-admin users see only PVCs within their accessible namespaces.

ConfigMaps & Secrets

Navigate to Kubernetes > ConfigMaps & Secrets in the sidebar to view configuration data across your clusters.

ConfigMap and Secret Table Columns

Column	Description
Name	The resource name. Click to view full details including key-value data.
Type	Either `ConfigMap` or `Secret`.
Namespace	The namespace the resource belongs to.
Cluster	The cluster hosting the resource.
Data	Number of keys in the resource (e.g., `3 keys`).
Created	Relative timestamp showing when the resource was created.

ConfigMaps

ConfigMaps store non-confidential configuration data as key-value pairs. When you click a ConfigMap name, you can view:

All keys and their values
Binary data keys (marked with a (binary) suffix)
Labels attached to the ConfigMap
Which deployments reference the ConfigMap (via volume mounts or envFrom)

Secrets

Secrets store sensitive data such as passwords, tokens, and TLS certificates. ACTIVATE displays:

The list of keys contained in the secret (values are not exposed in the listing)
The secret type (e.g., Opaque, kubernetes.io/tls, kubernetes.io/dockerconfigjson)
Which deployments reference the secret
Labels attached to the secret

Filtered Tokens

Service account tokens are automatically filtered out from the secrets list to reduce noise. Only application-level secrets are shown.

Filtering ConfigMaps & Secrets

Clusters — Show configs from specific clusters only
Namespaces — Filter by one or more namespaces
Types — Filter by ConfigMap or Secret
Search — Free-text search across name, namespace, and cluster

Cross-Cluster Queries

All resource views in this section aggregate data from every connected cluster by default. The response metadata includes:

Total clusters queried — How many clusters were contacted
Successful clusters — How many clusters responded successfully
Total resources — The combined count of resources returned

If a cluster is unreachable, the other clusters still return their results and the error is noted in the response metadata. This ensures partial availability does not block the entire view.