Lens Kubernetes Node Shell Microk8s the command could not be located - Kubernetes and Containers https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/kubernetes-and-containers/lens-kubernetes-node-shell-microk8s-the-command-could-not-be-located/ Virtualization Howto Discussion Board en-US Mon, 10 Aug 2026 01:48:55 +0000 wpForo 60 Lens Kubernetes Node Shell Microk8s the command could not be located https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/kubernetes-and-containers/lens-kubernetes-node-shell-microk8s-the-command-could-not-be-located/#post-1058 Thu, 28 Nov 2024 01:32:16 +0000 If you use the Lens Desktop Kubernetes IDE to work with your Kubernetes clusters (it is one of the best ones out there), you may have run into a problem when launching a node shell that gives the error message:

Command 'microk8s' is available in '/snap/bin/microk8s'
The command could not be located because '/snap/bin' is not included in the PATH environment variable.
microk8s: command not found

This is what it looks like in the node shell:

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There is a little workaround fix that will make it where you won't run into this issue. It involves editing your .bashrc file. 

nano ~/.bashrc

Then add the following at the bottom of the .bashrc file:

export PATH=$PATH:/snap/bin
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Then to make the changes active, run the following command:

source ~/.bashrc

 

Then you can check to see if you can run microk8s commands:

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Hopefully, this little fix will help anyone else that may have run into this issue working with a Microk8s cluster with Lens Desktop Kubernetes IDE.

]]> Kubernetes and Containers Brandon Lee https://www.virtualizationhowto.com/community/kubernetes-and-containers/lens-kubernetes-node-shell-microk8s-the-command-could-not-be-located/#post-1058