Camel K CLI (kamel)

The Camel K command line interface (kamel) is the main entry point for running integrations on a Kubernetes cluster.

Releases of the Camel K CLI are available on:

Apache Mirrors (official): https://downloads.apache.org/camel/camel-k/
Github Releases: https://github.com/apache/camel-k/releases
Homebrew (Mac and Linux): https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kamel

Available Commands

Some of the most used commands are:

Table 1. Useful Commands
Name	Description	Example
help	Obtain the full list of available commands	`kamel help`
init	Initialize empty Camel K files (besides Java you can also do this for other languages like Groovy, Kotlin, XML, YMAL)	`kamel init Routes.java`
run	Run an integration on Kubernetes	`kamel run Routes.java`
debug	Debug a remote integration using a local debugger	`kamel debug myintegration`
get	Get integrations deployed on Kubernetes	`kamel get`
describe	Get detailed information on a resource	`kamel describe integration routes`
log	Print the logs of a running integration	`kamel log routes`
delete	Delete integrations deployed on Kubernetes	`kamel delete routes`

The list above is not the full list of available commands. You can run kamel help to obtain the full list. And each command also takes --help as parameter to output more information, eg

kamel run --help

Global Flags

While each command has a dedicated set of flags, there are global flags that are available to every command.

Table 2. Global Flags
Flag	Description	Example
`--config` string	Path to the config file to use for CLI requests	`kamel install --config ~/.kube/config`
`-h` or `--help`	Help for kamel or the command	`kamel run --help`
`-n` or `--namespace` string	Namespace to use for all operations	`kamel get --namespace myspace`

For command-specific flags, run --help with the command to obtain the full list as follows:

kamel <command> --help

Modeline

Some command options in the CLI can be also specified as modeline in the source file, take a look at the Modeline section for more information.