1. simple workflow when dealing with multiple clusters
  2. From the terminal use kubectl to see the list of all available contexts (which also shows clusters):

    kubctl config get-contexts

    The launch k9s either simply, or by specifying a context:

    k9s --context some-context

  3. connect to various pods
  4. One can always use the k9s program (set up and used as advised here). Alternatively it is possible to directly open a shell into, or transfer files from a pod using the following incantations from one's own shell: