talswitcher

talswitcher is a command-line tool for managing and switching between different Talos contexts. It simplifies the process of selecting a Talos context from multiple talosconfig files and updates the active configuration.

Features

• Non-Interactive Mode: Specify the desired context directly as an argument.
• Automatic Configuration Update: Copies the selected context's talosconfig to the appropriate location for Talos.
• Duplicate Context Detection: Ensures there are no duplicate context names across multiple talosconfig files.

Installation

Download Precompiled Binaries

Precompiled binaries are available for various platforms. You can download the latest release from the GitHub Releases page.

1. Download the appropriate binary for your system and extract the archive.

2. Make the extracted binary executable:

   chmod +x talswitcher

3. Move the binary to a directory in your PATH:

   mv talswitcher /usr/local/bin/

Running via Docker

talswitcher is also available as a Docker container:

docker pull ghcr.io/mirceanton/talswitcher

Install via homebrew

1. Add the tap

   brew tap mirceanton/taps

2. Install talswitcher

   brew install talswitcher

Build from Source

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/mirceanton/talswitcher
   cd talswitcher

2. Build the tool:

   If you have Taskfile installed, run:

   task build

   Otherwise, simply run the go build command:

   go build -o talswitcher

Usage

talswitcher can be used both interactively and non-interactively.

Interactive Mode

If no context name is provided, talswitcher will list all available contexts and prompt you to choose one:

talswitcher --talosconfig-dir /path/to/talosconfigs

Non-Interactive Mode

You can also specify a context name directly:

talswitcher my-context --talosconfig-dir /path/to/talosconfigs

This will switch to my-context immediately.

Configuration

You can configure talswitcher using environment variables or CLI flags. The following table outlines the available options:

Environment Variable	CLI Flag	Description	Acceptable Values	Default Value
TALSWITCHER_LOG_LEVEL	--log-level	Controls the logging verbosity level.	panic, fatal, error, warn, info, debug, trace	info
TALSWITCHER_LOG_FORMAT	--log-format	Controls the log output format.	json, text	text
TALOSCONFIG_DIR	--talosconfig-dir	Directory containing your talosconfig files.	Any valid directory path	N/A
TALOSCONFIG	N/A	Path where the selected talosconfig will be copied.	Any valid file path	~/.talos/config

When both the environment variable and CLI flag are set, the CLI flag takes precedence.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please fork the repository, make your changes, and submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more details.