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Installation and Setup
curl -fL https://app.getambassador.io/download/tel2/linux/amd64/latest/telepresence -o telepresence
Download Telepresence binary
chmod +x telepresence
Make binary executable
sudo mv telepresence /usr/local/bin/
Install Telepresence
brew install datawire/blackbird/telepresence
Install on macOS using Homebrew
Connection Management
telepresence connect
Connect to the cluster
telepresence status
Check connection status
telepresence quit
Terminate the Telepresence daemon
telepresence disconnect
Disconnect from the cluster
Service Proxying
telepresence intercept
Create an intercept for a service
telepresence intercept --port :
Intercept with port mapping
telepresence intercept --namespace
Intercept a service in a specific namespace
telepresence list
List available services for intercept
telepresence leave
Remove an intercept
Environment and Debugging
telepresence gather-logs
Collect logs for troubleshooting
telepresence gather-logs --dir
Collect logs to specific directory
telepresence loglevel debug
Set log level to debug
telepresence current-intercept
Show details of the current intercept
Advanced Features
telepresence intercept --http-header=:
Add HTTP headers to intercept
telepresence intercept --mount=true
Mount Kubernetes volumes locally
telepresence intercept --docker-run
Run intercept in Docker
telepresence helm install
Install Traffic Manager with Helm