This has been moved to pre-planning at https://github.com/gerred/kube-cluster. It's being refactored for simplicity, and will have a much more docker-machine like focus.

kube-cluster tool for launching and managing Kubernetes environments.

$ kube-cluster create env dev --driver=vbox
Creating environment "dev".
Running magic... Let there be more light.
Done.

$ kube-cluster create env stage1 --driver=aws --interactive
Creating environment "stage1".
Give AWS Credential ID: some-aws-id
Give AWS Credential KEY: some-aws-key
How many nodes [5]: 6
Autoscale [Y/n]: n
...
Running magic... Let there be more light.
Done.

$ kube-cluster get env
environment    driver    nodes
dev            vbox      1
stage1         aws       6
live-aws       aws       10
live-gce       gce       20

$ kube-cluster env dev
Current environment is "dev"

$ kube-cluster describe env stage1
Environment: stage1
Driver: AWS
Nodes: 6
Autoscale: No
...

$ kube-cluster get rc,svc,po,no
 ...kubectl output...

• create env: creates a local environment configuration to communicate with a kubernetes deployment.

• env [name]: changes to given environment. It reconfigures the tool so all calls are sent to the right deployment.

• delete env: removes an existing local configuration.

1. I get the error environment not set for any kube-cluster call I make.

It happens because you have not chosen a working environment yet. You can help yourself out of this situation by updating your shell profile with the variable which sets a default environment. In case of Bash:

$ echo export KUBE_CLUSTER_ENVIRONMENT="environment-name" >> ~/.bash_profile

# go get github.com/gerred/kube-cluster/...

If you want to contribute, you are going to need Go installed and configured in your machina. Please, refer to the CONTRIBUTING file.