KT-Connect
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KtConnect ("Kt" is short for "Kubernetes Toolkit") is a utility tool to help you work with Kubernetes dev environment more efficiently.

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## ✅ Features

* `Connect`: Directly Access a remote Kubernetes cluster. KtConnect use ssh-vpn or socks-proxy to access remote Kubernetes cluster networks.
* `Exchange`: Developer can exchange the workload to redirect the requests to a local app.
* `Mesh`: You can create a mesh version service in local host, and redirect specified workload requests to your local.
* `Preview`: Expose a local running app to Kubernetes cluster as a common service, all requests to that service are redirect to local app.

## 🚀 QuickStart

You can download and install the `ktctl` from [Downloads And Install](docs/en-us/guide/downloads.md)

Read the [Quick Start Guide](docs/en-us/guide/quickstart.md) for more about this tool.

## 💡 Ask For Help

Please feel free to raise an [issue](https://github.com/alibaba/kt-connect/issues) if anything sucks, or go ahead to contact us with DingTalk（钉钉）:

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