Feature/tra 3474 config refactor (#155)

2025-08-31 18:17:29 +00:00 · 2021-08-03 17:23:52 +03:00
parent f9396e01ca
commit 69a9deab4b
17 changed files with 393 additions and 329 deletions
--- a/cli/cmd/fetch.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/fetch.go
@@ -1,30 +1,23 @@
 package cmd

 import (
+	"github.com/creasty/defaults"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/mizu"
+	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/mizu/configStructs"
 )

-type MizuFetchOptions struct {
-	FromTimestamp int64
-	ToTimestamp   int64
-	Directory     string
-	MizuPort      uint16
-}
-
-var mizuFetchOptions = MizuFetchOptions{}
-
 var fetchCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "fetch",
 	Short: "Download recorded traffic to files",
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		go mizu.ReportRun("fetch", mizuTapOptions)
-		if isCompatible, err := mizu.CheckVersionCompatibility(mizuFetchOptions.MizuPort); err != nil {
+		go mizu.ReportRun("fetch", mizu.Config.Fetch)
+		if isCompatible, err := mizu.CheckVersionCompatibility(mizu.Config.Fetch.MizuPort); err != nil {
 			return err
 		} else if !isCompatible {
 			return nil
 		}
-		RunMizuFetch(&mizuFetchOptions)
+		RunMizuFetch()
 		return nil
 	},
 }
@@ -32,8 +25,11 @@ var fetchCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(fetchCmd)

-	fetchCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&mizuFetchOptions.Directory, "directory", "d", ".", "Provide a custom directory for fetched entries")
-	fetchCmd.Flags().Int64Var(&mizuFetchOptions.FromTimestamp, "from", 0, "Custom start timestamp for fetched entries")
-	fetchCmd.Flags().Int64Var(&mizuFetchOptions.ToTimestamp, "to", 0, "Custom end timestamp fetched entries")
-	fetchCmd.Flags().Uint16VarP(&mizuFetchOptions.MizuPort, "port", "p", 8899, "Custom port for mizu")
+	defaultFetchConfig := configStructs.FetchConfig{}
+	defaults.Set(&defaultFetchConfig)
+
+	fetchCmd.Flags().StringP(configStructs.DirectoryFetchName, "d", defaultFetchConfig.Directory, "Provide a custom directory for fetched entries")
+	fetchCmd.Flags().Int(configStructs.FromTimestampFetchName, defaultFetchConfig.FromTimestamp, "Custom start timestamp for fetched entries")
+	fetchCmd.Flags().Int(configStructs.ToTimestampFetchName, defaultFetchConfig.ToTimestamp, "Custom end timestamp fetched entries")
+	fetchCmd.Flags().Uint16P(configStructs.MizuPortFetchName, "p", defaultFetchConfig.MizuPort, "Custom port for mizu")
 }
--- a/cli/cmd/fetchRunner.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/fetchRunner.go
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )

-func RunMizuFetch(fetch *MizuFetchOptions) {
-	mizuProxiedUrl := kubernetes.GetMizuApiServerProxiedHostAndPath(fetch.MizuPort)
-	resp, err := http.Get(fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/api/har?from=%v&to=%v", mizuProxiedUrl, fetch.FromTimestamp, fetch.ToTimestamp))
+func RunMizuFetch() {
+	mizuProxiedUrl := kubernetes.GetMizuApiServerProxiedHostAndPath(mizu.Config.Fetch.MizuPort)
+	resp, err := http.Get(fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/api/har?from=%v&to=%v", mizuProxiedUrl, mizu.Config.Fetch.FromTimestamp, mizu.Config.Fetch.ToTimestamp))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ func RunMizuFetch(fetch *MizuFetchOptions) {
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
-	_ = Unzip(zipReader, fetch.Directory)

+	_ = Unzip(zipReader, mizu.Config.Fetch.Directory)
 }

 func Unzip(reader *zip.Reader, dest string) error {
--- a/cli/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/root.go
@@ -7,26 +7,23 @@ import (
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/mizu"
 )

-var commandLineFlags []string
-
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "mizu",
 	Short: "A web traffic viewer for kubernetes",
 	Long: `A web traffic viewer for kubernetes
 Further info is available at https://github.com/up9inc/mizu`,
 	PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		if err := mizu.InitConfig(commandLineFlags); err != nil {
+		if err := mizu.InitConfig(cmd); err != nil {
 			mizu.Log.Errorf("Invalid config, Exit %s", err)
 			return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("%v", err))
 		}
-		prettifiedConfig := mizu.GetConfigStr()
-		mizu.Log.Debugf("Final Config: %s", prettifiedConfig)
+
 		return nil
 	},
 }

 func init() {
-	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSliceVar(&commandLineFlags, "set", []string{}, "Override values using --set")
+	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringSlice(mizu.SetCommandName, []string{}, fmt.Sprintf("Override values using --%s", mizu.SetCommandName))
 }

 // Execute adds all child commands to the root command and sets flags appropriately.
--- a/cli/cmd/tap.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/tap.go
@@ -2,39 +2,14 @@ package cmd

 import (
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
+	"github.com/creasty/defaults"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/mizu"
+	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/mizu/configStructs"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/uiUtils"
-	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared/units"
 	"os"
-	"regexp"
-	"strings"
 )

-type MizuTapOptions struct {
-	GuiPort                uint16
-	Namespace              string
-	AllNamespaces          bool
-	Analysis               bool
-	AnalysisDestination    string
-	KubeConfigPath         string
-	MizuImage              string
-	PlainTextFilterRegexes []string
-	TapOutgoing            bool
-	HideHealthChecks       bool
-	MaxEntriesDBSizeBytes  int64
-	SleepIntervalSec       uint16
-	DisableRedaction       bool
-}
-
-var mizuTapOptions = &MizuTapOptions{}
-var direction string
-var humanMaxEntriesDBSize string
-var regex *regexp.Regexp
-
-const maxEntriesDBSizeFlagName = "max-entries-db-size"
-
 const analysisMessageToConfirm = `NOTE: running mizu with --analysis flag will upload recorded traffic for further analysis and enriched presentation options.`

 var tapCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -43,53 +18,31 @@ var tapCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long: `Record the ingoing traffic of a kubernetes pod.
 Supported protocols are HTTP and gRPC.`,
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		go mizu.ReportRun("tap", mizuTapOptions)
-		RunMizuTap(regex, mizuTapOptions)
+		go mizu.ReportRun("tap", mizu.Config.Tap)
+		RunMizuTap()
 		return nil
-
 	},
 	PreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		mizu.Log.Debugf("Getting params")
-		mizuTapOptions.AnalysisDestination = mizu.GetString(mizu.ConfigurationKeyAnalyzingDestination)
-		mizuTapOptions.SleepIntervalSec = uint16(mizu.GetInt(mizu.ConfigurationKeyUploadInterval))
-		mizuTapOptions.MizuImage = mizu.GetString(mizu.ConfigurationKeyMizuImage)
-		mizu.Log.Debugf(uiUtils.PrettyJson(mizuTapOptions))
-
-		if len(args) == 0 {
-			return errors.New("POD REGEX argument is required")
+		if len(args) == 1 {
+			mizu.Config.Tap.PodRegexStr = args[0]
 		} else if len(args) > 1 {
 			return errors.New("unexpected number of arguments")
 		}

-		var compileErr error
-		regex, compileErr = regexp.Compile(args[0])
-		if compileErr != nil {
-			return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("%s is not a valid regex %s", args[0], compileErr))
+		if err := mizu.Config.Tap.Validate(); err != nil {
+			return err
 		}

-		var parseHumanDataSizeErr error
-		mizuTapOptions.MaxEntriesDBSizeBytes, parseHumanDataSizeErr = units.HumanReadableToBytes(humanMaxEntriesDBSize)
-		if parseHumanDataSizeErr != nil {
-			return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Could not parse --max-entries-db-size value %s", humanMaxEntriesDBSize))
-		}
-		mizu.Log.Infof("Mizu will store up to %s of traffic, old traffic will be cleared once the limit is reached.", units.BytesToHumanReadable(mizuTapOptions.MaxEntriesDBSizeBytes))
+		mizu.Log.Infof("Mizu will store up to %s of traffic, old traffic will be cleared once the limit is reached.", mizu.Config.Tap.HumanMaxEntriesDBSize)

-		directionLowerCase := strings.ToLower(direction)
-		if directionLowerCase == "any" {
-			mizuTapOptions.TapOutgoing = true
-		} else if directionLowerCase == "in" {
-			mizuTapOptions.TapOutgoing = false
-		} else {
-			return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("%s is not a valid value for flag --direction. Acceptable values are in/any.", direction))
-		}
-
-		if mizuTapOptions.Analysis {
+		if mizu.Config.Tap.Analysis {
 			mizu.Log.Infof(analysisMessageToConfirm)
 			if !uiUtils.AskForConfirmation("Would you like to proceed [Y/n]: ") {
 				mizu.Log.Infof("You can always run mizu without analysis, aborting")
 				os.Exit(0)
 			}
 		}
+
 		return nil
 	},
 }
@@ -97,14 +50,18 @@ Supported protocols are HTTP and gRPC.`,
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(tapCmd)

-	tapCmd.Flags().Uint16VarP(&mizuTapOptions.GuiPort, "gui-port", "p", 8899, "Provide a custom port for the web interface webserver")
-	tapCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&mizuTapOptions.Namespace, "namespace", "n", "", "Namespace selector")
-	tapCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&mizuTapOptions.Analysis, "analysis", false, "Uploads traffic to UP9 for further analysis (Beta)")
-	tapCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&mizuTapOptions.AllNamespaces, "all-namespaces", "A", false, "Tap all namespaces")
-	tapCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&mizuTapOptions.KubeConfigPath, "kube-config", "k", "", "Path to kube-config file")
-	tapCmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&mizuTapOptions.PlainTextFilterRegexes, "regex-masking", "r", nil, "List of regex expressions that are used to filter matching values from text/plain http bodies")
-	tapCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&direction, "direction", "", "in", "Record traffic that goes in this direction (relative to the tapped pod): in/any")
-	tapCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&mizuTapOptions.HideHealthChecks, "hide-healthchecks", false, "hides requests with kube-probe or prometheus user-agent headers")
-	tapCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&humanMaxEntriesDBSize, maxEntriesDBSizeFlagName, "", "200MB", "override the default max entries db size of 200mb")
-	tapCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&mizuTapOptions.DisableRedaction, "no-redact", false, "Disables redaction of potentially sensitive request/response headers and body values")
+	defaultTapConfig := configStructs.TapConfig{}
+	defaults.Set(&defaultTapConfig)
+
+	tapCmd.Flags().Uint16P(configStructs.GuiPortTapName, "p", defaultTapConfig.GuiPort, "Provide a custom port for the web interface webserver")
+	tapCmd.Flags().StringP(configStructs.NamespaceTapName, "n", defaultTapConfig.Namespace, "Namespace selector")
+	tapCmd.Flags().Bool(configStructs.AnalysisTapName, defaultTapConfig.Analysis, "Uploads traffic to UP9 for further analysis (Beta)")
+	tapCmd.Flags().BoolP(configStructs.AllNamespacesTapName, "A", defaultTapConfig.AllNamespaces, "Tap all namespaces")
+	tapCmd.Flags().StringP(configStructs.KubeConfigPathTapName, "k", defaultTapConfig.KubeConfigPath, "Path to kube-config file")
+	tapCmd.Flags().StringArrayP(configStructs.PlainTextFilterRegexesTapName, "r", defaultTapConfig.PlainTextFilterRegexes, "List of regex expressions that are used to filter matching values from text/plain http bodies")
+	tapCmd.Flags().Bool(configStructs.HideHealthChecksTapName, defaultTapConfig.HideHealthChecks, "hides requests with kube-probe or prometheus user-agent headers")
+	tapCmd.Flags().Bool(configStructs.DisableRedactionTapName, defaultTapConfig.DisableRedaction, "Disables redaction of potentially sensitive request/response headers and body values")
+	tapCmd.Flags().String(configStructs.HumanMaxEntriesDBSizeTapName, defaultTapConfig.HumanMaxEntriesDBSize, "override the default max entries db size of 200mb")
+	tapCmd.Flags().String(configStructs.DirectionTapName, defaultTapConfig.Direction, "Record traffic that goes in this direction (relative to the tapped pod): in/any")
+	tapCmd.Flags().Bool(configStructs.DryRunTapName, defaultTapConfig.DryRun, "Preview of all pods matching the regex, without tapping them")
 }
--- a/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/tapRunner.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	core "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
-	"log"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
@@ -31,13 +30,13 @@ const (

 var currentlyTappedPods []core.Pod

-func RunMizuTap(podRegexQuery *regexp.Regexp, tappingOptions *MizuTapOptions) {
-	mizuApiFilteringOptions, err := getMizuApiFilteringOptions(tappingOptions)
+func RunMizuTap() {
+	mizuApiFilteringOptions, err := getMizuApiFilteringOptions()
 	if err != nil {
 		return
 	}

-	kubernetesProvider, err := kubernetes.NewProvider(tappingOptions.KubeConfigPath)
+	kubernetesProvider, err := kubernetes.NewProvider(mizu.Config.Tap.KubeConfigPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		if clientcmd.IsEmptyConfig(err) {
 			mizu.Log.Infof(uiUtils.Red, "Couldn't find the kube config file, or file is empty. Try adding '--kube-config=<path to kube config file>'\n")
@@ -53,17 +52,21 @@ func RunMizuTap(podRegexQuery *regexp.Regexp, tappingOptions *MizuTapOptions) {
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 	defer cancel() // cancel will be called when this function exits

-	targetNamespace := getNamespace(tappingOptions, kubernetesProvider)
-	if err := updateCurrentlyTappedPods(kubernetesProvider, ctx, podRegexQuery, targetNamespace); err != nil {
+	targetNamespace := getNamespace(kubernetesProvider)
+	if err := updateCurrentlyTappedPods(kubernetesProvider, ctx, targetNamespace); err != nil {
 		mizu.Log.Infof("Error listing pods: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
+
+	if mizu.Config.Tap.DryRun {
+		return
+	}
+
 	urlReadyChan := make(chan string)
 	go func() {
 		mizu.Log.Infof("Mizu is available at http://%s", <-urlReadyChan)
 	}()

-
 	var namespacesStr string
 	if targetNamespace != mizu.K8sAllNamespaces {
 		namespacesStr = fmt.Sprintf("namespace \"%s\"", targetNamespace)
@@ -85,29 +88,29 @@ func RunMizuTap(podRegexQuery *regexp.Regexp, tappingOptions *MizuTapOptions) {
 		return
 	}

-	if err := createMizuResources(ctx, kubernetesProvider, nodeToTappedPodIPMap, tappingOptions, mizuApiFilteringOptions); err != nil {
+	if err := createMizuResources(ctx, kubernetesProvider, nodeToTappedPodIPMap, mizuApiFilteringOptions); err != nil {
 		return
 	}

 	mizu.CheckNewerVersion()
-	go portForwardApiPod(ctx, kubernetesProvider, cancel, tappingOptions, urlReadyChan) // TODO convert this to job for built in pod ttl or have the running app handle this
-	go watchPodsForTapping(ctx, kubernetesProvider, cancel, podRegexQuery, tappingOptions)
-	go syncApiStatus(ctx, cancel, tappingOptions)
+	go portForwardApiPod(ctx, kubernetesProvider, cancel, urlReadyChan) // TODO convert this to job for built in pod ttl or have the running app handle this
+	go watchPodsForTapping(ctx, kubernetesProvider, cancel)
+	go syncApiStatus(ctx, cancel)

 	//block until exit signal or error
 	waitForFinish(ctx, cancel)
 }

-func createMizuResources(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, nodeToTappedPodIPMap map[string][]string, tappingOptions *MizuTapOptions, mizuApiFilteringOptions *shared.TrafficFilteringOptions) error {
+func createMizuResources(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, nodeToTappedPodIPMap map[string][]string, mizuApiFilteringOptions *shared.TrafficFilteringOptions) error {
 	if err := createMizuNamespace(ctx, kubernetesProvider); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

-	if err := createMizuApiServer(ctx, kubernetesProvider, tappingOptions, mizuApiFilteringOptions); err != nil {
+	if err := createMizuApiServer(ctx, kubernetesProvider, mizuApiFilteringOptions); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

-	if err := updateMizuTappers(ctx, kubernetesProvider, nodeToTappedPodIPMap, tappingOptions); err != nil {
+	if err := updateMizuTappers(ctx, kubernetesProvider, nodeToTappedPodIPMap); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}

@@ -123,7 +126,7 @@ func createMizuNamespace(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Pro
 	return err
 }

-func createMizuApiServer(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, tappingOptions *MizuTapOptions, mizuApiFilteringOptions *shared.TrafficFilteringOptions) error {
+func createMizuApiServer(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, mizuApiFilteringOptions *shared.TrafficFilteringOptions) error {
 	var err error

 	mizuServiceAccountExists = createRBACIfNecessary(ctx, kubernetesProvider)
@@ -133,7 +136,7 @@ func createMizuApiServer(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Pro
 	} else {
 		serviceAccountName = ""
 	}
-	_, err = kubernetesProvider.CreateMizuApiServerPod(ctx, mizu.ResourcesNamespace, mizu.ApiServerPodName, tappingOptions.MizuImage, serviceAccountName, mizuApiFilteringOptions, tappingOptions.MaxEntriesDBSizeBytes)
+	_, err = kubernetesProvider.CreateMizuApiServerPod(ctx, mizu.ResourcesNamespace, mizu.ApiServerPodName, mizu.Config.MizuImage, serviceAccountName, mizuApiFilteringOptions, mizu.Config.Tap.MaxEntriesDBSizeBytes())
 	if err != nil {
 		mizu.Log.Infof("Error creating mizu %s pod: %v", mizu.ApiServerPodName, err)
 		return err
@@ -148,12 +151,12 @@ func createMizuApiServer(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Pro
 	return nil
 }

-func getMizuApiFilteringOptions(tappingOptions *MizuTapOptions) (*shared.TrafficFilteringOptions, error) {
+func getMizuApiFilteringOptions() (*shared.TrafficFilteringOptions, error) {
 	var compiledRegexSlice []*shared.SerializableRegexp

-	if tappingOptions.PlainTextFilterRegexes != nil && len(tappingOptions.PlainTextFilterRegexes) > 0 {
+	if mizu.Config.Tap.PlainTextFilterRegexes != nil && len(mizu.Config.Tap.PlainTextFilterRegexes) > 0 {
 		compiledRegexSlice = make([]*shared.SerializableRegexp, 0)
-		for _, regexStr := range tappingOptions.PlainTextFilterRegexes {
+		for _, regexStr := range mizu.Config.Tap.PlainTextFilterRegexes {
 			compiledRegex, err := shared.CompileRegexToSerializableRegexp(regexStr)
 			if err != nil {
 				mizu.Log.Infof("Regex %s is invalid: %v", regexStr, err)
@@ -163,10 +166,10 @@ func getMizuApiFilteringOptions(tappingOptions *MizuTapOptions) (*shared.Traffic
 		}
 	}

-	return &shared.TrafficFilteringOptions{PlainTextMaskingRegexes: compiledRegexSlice, HideHealthChecks: tappingOptions.HideHealthChecks, DisableRedaction: tappingOptions.DisableRedaction}, nil
+	return &shared.TrafficFilteringOptions{PlainTextMaskingRegexes: compiledRegexSlice, HideHealthChecks: mizu.Config.Tap.HideHealthChecks, DisableRedaction: mizu.Config.Tap.DisableRedaction}, nil
 }

-func updateMizuTappers(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, nodeToTappedPodIPMap map[string][]string, tappingOptions *MizuTapOptions) error {
+func updateMizuTappers(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, nodeToTappedPodIPMap map[string][]string) error {
 	if len(nodeToTappedPodIPMap) > 0 {
 		var serviceAccountName string
 		if mizuServiceAccountExists {
@@ -179,12 +182,12 @@ func updateMizuTappers(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provi
 			ctx,
 			mizu.ResourcesNamespace,
 			mizu.TapperDaemonSetName,
-			tappingOptions.MizuImage,
+			mizu.Config.MizuImage,
 			mizu.TapperPodName,
 			fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s.svc.cluster.local", apiServerService.Name, apiServerService.Namespace),
 			nodeToTappedPodIPMap,
 			serviceAccountName,
-			tappingOptions.TapOutgoing,
+			mizu.Config.Tap.TapOutgoing(),
 		); err != nil {
 			mizu.Log.Infof("Error creating mizu tapper daemonset: %v", err)
 			return err
@@ -234,13 +237,12 @@ func cleanUpMizuResources(kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider) {
 	}
 }

-func watchPodsForTapping(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, cancel context.CancelFunc, podRegex *regexp.Regexp, tappingOptions *MizuTapOptions) {
-	targetNamespace := getNamespace(tappingOptions, kubernetesProvider)
-
-	added, modified, removed, errorChan := kubernetes.FilteredWatch(ctx, kubernetesProvider.GetPodWatcher(ctx, targetNamespace), podRegex)
+func watchPodsForTapping(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, cancel context.CancelFunc) {
+	targetNamespace := getNamespace(kubernetesProvider)
+	added, modified, removed, errorChan := kubernetes.FilteredWatch(ctx, kubernetesProvider.GetPodWatcher(ctx, targetNamespace), mizu.Config.Tap.PodRegex())

 	restartTappers := func() {
-		if err := updateCurrentlyTappedPods(kubernetesProvider, ctx, podRegex, targetNamespace); err != nil {
+		if err := updateCurrentlyTappedPods(kubernetesProvider, ctx, targetNamespace); err != nil {
 			mizu.Log.Infof("Error getting pods by regex: %s (%v,%+v)", err, err, err)
 			cancel()
 		}
@@ -251,7 +253,7 @@ func watchPodsForTapping(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Pro
 			cancel()
 		}

-		if err := updateMizuTappers(ctx, kubernetesProvider, nodeToTappedPodIPMap, tappingOptions); err != nil {
+		if err := updateMizuTappers(ctx, kubernetesProvider, nodeToTappedPodIPMap); err != nil {
 			mizu.Log.Infof("Error updating daemonset: %s (%v,%+v)", err, err, err)
 			cancel()
 		}
@@ -284,8 +286,8 @@ func watchPodsForTapping(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Pro
 	}
 }

-func updateCurrentlyTappedPods(kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, ctx context.Context, podRegex *regexp.Regexp, targetNamespace string) error {
-	if matchingPods, err := kubernetesProvider.GetAllRunningPodsMatchingRegex(ctx, podRegex, targetNamespace); err != nil {
+func updateCurrentlyTappedPods(kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, ctx context.Context, targetNamespace string) error {
+	if matchingPods, err := kubernetesProvider.GetAllRunningPodsMatchingRegex(ctx, mizu.Config.Tap.PodRegex(), targetNamespace); err != nil {
 		mizu.Log.Infof("Error getting pods by regex: %s (%v,%+v)", err, err, err)
 		return err
 	} else {
@@ -298,6 +300,7 @@ func updateCurrentlyTappedPods(kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, ctx cont
 		}
 		currentlyTappedPods = matchingPods
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }

@@ -326,16 +329,16 @@ func getMissingPods(pods1 []core.Pod, pods2 []core.Pod) []core.Pod {
 	return missingPods
 }

-func portForwardApiPod(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, cancel context.CancelFunc, tappingOptions *MizuTapOptions, urlReadyChan chan string) {
+func portForwardApiPod(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider, cancel context.CancelFunc, urlReadyChan chan string) {
 	podExactRegex := regexp.MustCompile(fmt.Sprintf("^%s$", mizu.ApiServerPodName))
 	added, modified, removed, errorChan := kubernetes.FilteredWatch(ctx, kubernetesProvider.GetPodWatcher(ctx, mizu.ResourcesNamespace), podExactRegex)
 	isPodReady := false
 	timeAfter := time.After(25 * time.Second)
+
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			return
-
 		case <-added:
 			continue
 		case <-removed:
@@ -346,43 +349,45 @@ func portForwardApiPod(ctx context.Context, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provi
 			if modifiedPod.Status.Phase == "Running" && !isPodReady {
 				isPodReady = true
 				go func() {
-					err := kubernetes.StartProxy(kubernetesProvider, tappingOptions.GuiPort, mizu.ResourcesNamespace, mizu.ApiServerPodName)
+					err := kubernetes.StartProxy(kubernetesProvider, mizu.Config.Tap.GuiPort, mizu.ResourcesNamespace, mizu.ApiServerPodName)
 					if err != nil {
 						mizu.Log.Infof("Error occurred while running k8s proxy %v", err)
 						cancel()
 					}
 				}()
 			}
-			urlReadyChan <- kubernetes.GetMizuApiServerProxiedHostAndPath(tappingOptions.GuiPort)
-			time.Sleep(time.Second * 5) // Waiting to be sure the proxy is ready
-			requestForAnalysis(tappingOptions)

+			urlReadyChan <- kubernetes.GetMizuApiServerProxiedHostAndPath(mizu.Config.Tap.GuiPort)
+			time.Sleep(time.Second * 5) // Waiting to be sure the proxy is ready
+			requestForAnalysis()
 		case <-timeAfter:
 			if !isPodReady {
 				mizu.Log.Errorf("error: %s pod was not ready in time", mizu.ApiServerPodName)
 				cancel()
 			}
-
 		case <-errorChan:
 			cancel()
 		}
 	}
 }

-func requestForAnalysis(tappingOptions *MizuTapOptions) {
-	if !tappingOptions.Analysis {
+func requestForAnalysis() {
+	if !mizu.Config.Tap.Analysis {
 		return
 	}
-	mizuProxiedUrl := kubernetes.GetMizuApiServerProxiedHostAndPath(tappingOptions.GuiPort)
-	urlPath := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/api/uploadEntries?dest=%s&interval=%v", mizuProxiedUrl, url.QueryEscape(tappingOptions.AnalysisDestination), tappingOptions.SleepIntervalSec)
-	u, err := url.ParseRequestURI(urlPath)

-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(fmt.Sprintf("Failed parsing the URL %v\n", err))
+	mizuProxiedUrl := kubernetes.GetMizuApiServerProxiedHostAndPath(mizu.Config.Tap.GuiPort)
+	urlPath := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/api/uploadEntries?dest=%s&interval=%v", mizuProxiedUrl, url.QueryEscape(mizu.Config.Tap.AnalysisDestination), mizu.Config.Tap.SleepIntervalSec)
+	u, parseErr := url.ParseRequestURI(urlPath)
+	if parseErr != nil {
+		mizu.Log.Fatal("Failed parsing the URL (consider changing the analysis dest URL), err: %v", parseErr)
 	}
+
 	mizu.Log.Debugf("Sending get request to %v", u.String())
-	if response, err := http.Get(u.String()); err != nil || response.StatusCode != 200 {
-		mizu.Log.Infof("error sending upload entries req, status code: %v, err: %v", response.StatusCode, err)
+	if response, requestErr := http.Get(u.String()); requestErr != nil {
+		mizu.Log.Errorf("Failed to notify agent for analysis, err: %v", requestErr)
+	} else if response.StatusCode != 200 {
+		mizu.Log.Errorf("Failed to notify agent for analysis, status code: %v", response.StatusCode)
 	} else {
 		mizu.Log.Infof(uiUtils.Purple, "Traffic is uploading to UP9 for further analysis")
 	}
@@ -430,8 +435,8 @@ func waitForFinish(ctx context.Context, cancel context.CancelFunc) {
 	}
 }

-func syncApiStatus(ctx context.Context, cancel context.CancelFunc, tappingOptions *MizuTapOptions) {
-	controlSocketStr := fmt.Sprintf("ws://%s/ws", kubernetes.GetMizuApiServerProxiedHostAndPath(tappingOptions.GuiPort))
+func syncApiStatus(ctx context.Context, cancel context.CancelFunc) {
+	controlSocketStr := fmt.Sprintf("ws://%s/ws", kubernetes.GetMizuApiServerProxiedHostAndPath(mizu.Config.Tap.GuiPort))
 	controlSocket, err := mizu.CreateControlSocket(controlSocketStr)
 	if err != nil {
 		mizu.Log.Infof("error establishing control socket connection %s", err)
@@ -452,11 +457,11 @@ func syncApiStatus(ctx context.Context, cancel context.CancelFunc, tappingOption
 	}
 }

-func getNamespace(tappingOptions *MizuTapOptions, kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider) string {
-	if tappingOptions.AllNamespaces {
+func getNamespace(kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider) string {
+	if mizu.Config.Tap.AllNamespaces {
 		return mizu.K8sAllNamespaces
-	} else if len(tappingOptions.Namespace) > 0 {
-		return tappingOptions.Namespace
+	} else if len(mizu.Config.Tap.Namespace) > 0 {
+		return mizu.Config.Tap.Namespace
 	} else {
 		return kubernetesProvider.CurrentNamespace()
 	}
--- a/cli/cmd/version.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/version.go
@@ -1,24 +1,20 @@
 package cmd

 import (
+	"github.com/creasty/defaults"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/mizu"
+	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/mizu/configStructs"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 )

-type MizuVersionOptions struct {
-	DebugInfo bool
-}
-
-var mizuVersionOptions = &MizuVersionOptions{}
-
 var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "version",
 	Short: "Print version info",
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		go mizu.ReportRun("version", mizuVersionOptions)
-		if mizuVersionOptions.DebugInfo {
+		go mizu.ReportRun("version", mizu.Config.Version)
+		if mizu.Config.Version.DebugInfo {
 			timeStampInt, _ := strconv.ParseInt(mizu.BuildTimestamp, 10, 0)
 			mizu.Log.Infof("Version: %s \nBranch: %s (%s)", mizu.SemVer, mizu.Branch, mizu.GitCommitHash)
 			mizu.Log.Infof("Build Time: %s (%s)", mizu.BuildTimestamp, time.Unix(timeStampInt, 0))
@@ -33,6 +29,9 @@ var versionCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(versionCmd)

-	versionCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&mizuVersionOptions.DebugInfo, "debug", "d", false, "Provide all information about version")
+	defaultVersionConfig := configStructs.VersionConfig{}
+	defaults.Set(&defaultVersionConfig)
+
+	versionCmd.Flags().BoolP(configStructs.DebugInfoVersionName, "d", defaultVersionConfig.DebugInfo, "Provide all information about version")

 }
--- a/cli/cmd/view.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/view.go
@@ -1,28 +1,23 @@
 package cmd

 import (
+	"github.com/creasty/defaults"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/mizu"
+	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/mizu/configStructs"
 )

-type MizuViewOptions struct {
-	GuiPort        uint16
-	KubeConfigPath string
-}
-
-var mizuViewOptions = &MizuViewOptions{}
-
 var viewCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "view",
 	Short: "Open GUI in browser",
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		go mizu.ReportRun("view", mizuViewOptions)
-		if isCompatible, err := mizu.CheckVersionCompatibility(mizuViewOptions.GuiPort); err != nil {
+		go mizu.ReportRun("view", mizu.Config.View)
+		if isCompatible, err := mizu.CheckVersionCompatibility(mizu.Config.View.GuiPort); err != nil {
 			return err
 		} else if !isCompatible {
 			return nil
 		}
-		runMizuView(mizuViewOptions)
+		runMizuView()
 		return nil
 	},
 }
@@ -30,6 +25,9 @@ var viewCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(viewCmd)

-	viewCmd.Flags().Uint16VarP(&mizuViewOptions.GuiPort, "gui-port", "p", 8899, "Provide a custom port for the web interface webserver")
-	viewCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&mizuViewOptions.KubeConfigPath, "kube-config", "k", "", "Path to kube-config file")
+	defaultViewConfig := configStructs.ViewConfig{}
+	defaults.Set(&defaultViewConfig)
+
+	viewCmd.Flags().Uint16P(configStructs.GuiPortViewName, "p", defaultViewConfig.GuiPort, "Provide a custom port for the web interface webserver")
+	viewCmd.Flags().StringP(configStructs.KubeConfigPathViewName, "k", defaultViewConfig.KubeConfigPath, "Path to kube-config file")
 }
--- a/cli/cmd/viewRunner.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/viewRunner.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 )

-func runMizuView(mizuViewOptions *MizuViewOptions) {
-	kubernetesProvider, err := kubernetes.NewProvider(mizuViewOptions.KubeConfigPath)
+func runMizuView() {
+	kubernetesProvider, err := kubernetes.NewProvider(mizu.Config.View.KubeConfigPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		if clientcmd.IsEmptyConfig(err) {
 			mizu.Log.Infof("Couldn't find the kube config file, or file is empty. Try adding '--kube-config=<path to kube config file>'")
@@ -35,16 +35,16 @@ func runMizuView(mizuViewOptions *MizuViewOptions) {
 		return
 	}

-	mizuProxiedUrl := kubernetes.GetMizuApiServerProxiedHostAndPath(mizuViewOptions.GuiPort)
+	mizuProxiedUrl := kubernetes.GetMizuApiServerProxiedHostAndPath(mizu.Config.View.GuiPort)
 	_, err = http.Get(fmt.Sprintf("http://%s/", mizuProxiedUrl))
 	if err == nil {
-		mizu.Log.Infof("Found a running service %s and open port %d", mizu.ApiServerPodName, mizuViewOptions.GuiPort)
+		mizu.Log.Infof("Found a running service %s and open port %d", mizu.ApiServerPodName, mizu.Config.View.GuiPort)
 		return
 	}
 	mizu.Log.Infof("Found service %s, creating k8s proxy", mizu.ApiServerPodName)

-	mizu.Log.Infof("Mizu is available at  http://%s\n", kubernetes.GetMizuApiServerProxiedHostAndPath(mizuViewOptions.GuiPort))
-	err = kubernetes.StartProxy(kubernetesProvider, mizuViewOptions.GuiPort, mizu.ResourcesNamespace, mizu.ApiServerPodName)
+	mizu.Log.Infof("Mizu is available at  http://%s\n", kubernetes.GetMizuApiServerProxiedHostAndPath(mizu.Config.View.GuiPort))
+	err = kubernetes.StartProxy(kubernetesProvider, mizu.Config.View.GuiPort, mizu.ResourcesNamespace, mizu.ApiServerPodName)
 	if err != nil {
 		mizu.Log.Infof("Error occured while running k8s proxy %v", err)
 	}
--- a/cli/go.mod
+++ b/cli/go.mod
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ module github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli
 go 1.16

 require (
+	github.com/creasty/defaults v1.5.1
 	github.com/google/go-github/v37 v37.0.0
 	github.com/gorilla/websocket v1.4.2
 	github.com/op/go-logging v0.0.0-20160315200505-970db520ece7
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.1.3
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5
 	github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared v0.0.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20210107192922-496545a6307b
 	k8s.io/api v0.21.2
--- a/cli/go.sum
+++ b/cli/go.sum
@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ github.com/coreos/pkg v0.0.0-20180928190104-399ea9e2e55f/go.mod h1:E3G3o1h8I7cfc
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:maD7wRr/U5Z6m/iR4s+kqSMx2CaBsrgA7czyZG/E6dU=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.9/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
 github.com/creack/pty v1.1.11/go.mod h1:oKZEueFk5CKHvIhNR5MUki03XCEU+Q6VDXinZuGJ33E=
+github.com/creasty/defaults v1.5.1 h1:j8WexcS3d/t4ZmllX4GEkl4wIB/trOr035ajcLHCISM=
+github.com/creasty/defaults v1.5.1/go.mod h1:FPZ+Y0WNrbqOVw+c6av63eyHUAl6pMHZwqLPvXUZGfY=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
--- a/cli/mizu/config.go
+++ b/cli/mizu/config.go
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ package mizu
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/creasty/defaults"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/uiUtils"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 	"io/ioutil"
@@ -13,209 +16,182 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )

-const separator = "="
-
-var configObj = map[string]interface{}{}
-
-type CommandLineFlag struct {
-	CommandLineName   string
-	YamlHierarchyName string
-	DefaultValue      interface{}
-}
-
 const (
-	ConfigurationKeyAnalyzingDestination = "tap.dest"
-	ConfigurationKeyUploadInterval       = "tap.uploadInterval"
-	ConfigurationKeyMizuImage            = "mizuImage"
-	ConfigurationKeyTelemetry            = "telemetry"
+	Separator = "="
+	SetCommandName = "set"
 )

-var allowedSetFlags = []CommandLineFlag{
-	{
-		CommandLineName:   "dest",
-		YamlHierarchyName: ConfigurationKeyAnalyzingDestination,
-		DefaultValue:      "up9.app",
-		// TODO: maybe add short description that we can show
-	},
-	{
-		CommandLineName:   "uploadInterval",
-		YamlHierarchyName: ConfigurationKeyUploadInterval,
-		DefaultValue:      10,
-	},
-	{
-		CommandLineName:   "mizuImage",
-		YamlHierarchyName: ConfigurationKeyMizuImage,
-		DefaultValue:      fmt.Sprintf("gcr.io/up9-docker-hub/mizu/%s:%s", Branch, SemVer),
-	},
-	{
-		CommandLineName:   "telemetry",
-		YamlHierarchyName: ConfigurationKeyTelemetry,
-		DefaultValue:      true,
-	},
-}
+var Config = ConfigStruct{}

-func GetString(key string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%v", getValueFromMergedConfig(key))
-}
-
-func GetBool(key string) bool {
-	stringVal := GetString(key)
-	Log.Debugf("Found string value %v", stringVal)
-
-	val, err := strconv.ParseBool(stringVal)
-	if err != nil {
-		Log.Warningf(uiUtils.Red, fmt.Sprintf( "Invalid value %v for key %s, expected bool", stringVal, key))
-		os.Exit(1)
+func InitConfig(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
+	if err := defaults.Set(&Config); err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-	return val
-}

-func GetInt(key string) int {
-	stringVal := GetString(key)
-	Log.Debugf("Found string value %v", stringVal)
+	if err := mergeConfigFile(); err != nil {
+		Log.Infof(uiUtils.Red, "Invalid config file")
+		return err
+	}

-	val, err := strconv.Atoi(stringVal)
-	if err != nil {
-		Log.Warningf(uiUtils.Red, fmt.Sprintf("Invalid value %v for key %s, expected int", stringVal, key))
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-	return val
-}
+	cmd.Flags().Visit(initFlag)

-func InitConfig(commandLineValues []string) error {
-	Log.Debugf("Merging default values")
-	mergeDefaultValues()
-	Log.Debugf("Merging config file values")
-	if err1 := mergeConfigFile(); err1 != nil {
-		Log.Infof(fmt.Sprintf(uiUtils.Red, "Invalid config file\n"))
-		return err1
-	}
-	Log.Debugf("Merging command line values")
-	if err2 := mergeCommandLineFlags(commandLineValues); err2 != nil {
-		Log.Infof(fmt.Sprintf(uiUtils.Red, "Invalid commanad argument\n"))
-		return err2
-	}
-	finalConfigPrettified, _ := uiUtils.PrettyJson(configObj)
+	finalConfigPrettified, _ := uiUtils.PrettyJson(Config)
 	Log.Debugf("Merged all config successfully\n Final config: %v", finalConfigPrettified)
+
 	return nil
 }

 func GetTemplateConfig() string {
-	templateConfig := map[string]interface{}{}
-	for _, allowedFlag := range allowedSetFlags {
-		addToConfigObj(allowedFlag.YamlHierarchyName, allowedFlag.DefaultValue, templateConfig)
-	}
-	prettifiedConfig, _ := uiUtils.PrettyYaml(templateConfig)
+	prettifiedConfig, _ := uiUtils.PrettyYaml(Config)
 	return prettifiedConfig
 }

-func GetConfigStr() string {
-	val, _ := uiUtils.PrettyYaml(configObj)
-	return val
-}
-
-func getValueFromMergedConfig(key string) interface{} {
-	if a, ok := configObj[key]; ok {
-		return a
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-func mergeDefaultValues() {
-	for _, allowedFlag := range allowedSetFlags {
-		Log.Debugf("Setting %v to %v", allowedFlag.YamlHierarchyName, allowedFlag.DefaultValue)
-		configObj[allowedFlag.YamlHierarchyName] = allowedFlag.DefaultValue
-	}
-}
-
 func mergeConfigFile() error {
-	Log.Debugf("Merging mizu config file values")
+	Log.Debugf("Merging config file values")
 	home, homeDirErr := os.UserHomeDir()
 	if homeDirErr != nil {
-		return nil
+		return homeDirErr
 	}
+
 	reader, openErr := os.Open(path.Join(home, ".mizu", "config.yaml"))
 	if openErr != nil {
-		return nil
+		return openErr
 	}
+
 	buf, readErr := ioutil.ReadAll(reader)
 	if readErr != nil {
 		return readErr
 	}
-	m := make(map[string]interface{})
-	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(buf, &m); err != nil {
+
+	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(buf, &Config); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	for k, v := range m {
-		addToConfig(k, v)
-	}
+
 	return nil
 }

-func addToConfig(prefix string, value interface{}) {
-	typ := reflect.TypeOf(value).Kind()
-	if typ == reflect.Map {
-		for k1, v1 := range value.(map[string]interface{}) {
-			addToConfig(fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", prefix, k1), v1)
-		}
-	} else {
-		validateConfigFileKey(prefix)
-		configObj[prefix] = value
+func initFlag(f *pflag.Flag) {
+	configElem := reflect.ValueOf(&Config).Elem()
+
+	sliceValue, isSliceValue := f.Value.(pflag.SliceValue)
+	if !isSliceValue {
+		mergeFlagValue(configElem, f.Name, f.Value.String())
+		return
 	}
+
+	if f.Name == SetCommandName {
+		if setError := mergeSetFlag(sliceValue.GetSlice()); setError != nil {
+			Log.Infof(uiUtils.Red, "Invalid set argument")
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	mergeFlagValues(configElem, f.Name, sliceValue.GetSlice())
 }

-func mergeCommandLineFlags(commandLineValues []string) error {
-	Log.Debugf("Merging Command line flags")
-	for _, e := range commandLineValues {
-		if !strings.Contains(e, separator) {
-			return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("invalid set argument %s", e))
+func mergeSetFlag(setValues []string) error {
+	configElem := reflect.ValueOf(&Config).Elem()
+
+	for _, setValue := range setValues {
+		if !strings.Contains(setValue, Separator) {
+			return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("invalid set argument %s", setValue))
 		}
-		split := strings.SplitN(e, separator, 2)
+
+		split := strings.SplitN(setValue, Separator, 2)
 		if len(split) != 2 {
-			return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("invalid set argument %s", e))
-		}
-		setFlagKey, argumentValue := split[0], split[1]
-		argumentNameInConfig, err := flagFromAllowed(setFlagKey)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("invalid set argument %s", setValue))
 		}

-		configObj[argumentNameInConfig] = argumentValue
+		argumentKey, argumentValue := split[0], split[1]
+		mergeFlagValue(configElem, argumentKey, argumentValue)
 	}
+
 	return nil
 }

-func flagFromAllowed(setFlagKey string) (string, error) {
-	for _, allowedFlag := range allowedSetFlags {
-		if strings.ToLower(allowedFlag.CommandLineName) == strings.ToLower(setFlagKey) {
-			return allowedFlag.YamlHierarchyName, nil
-		}
-	}
-	return "", errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("invalid set argument %s", setFlagKey))
-}
+func mergeFlagValue(currentElem reflect.Value, flagKey string, flagValue string) {
+	for i := 0; i < currentElem.NumField(); i++ {
+		currentField := currentElem.Type().Field(i)
+		currentFieldByName := currentElem.FieldByName(currentField.Name)

-func validateConfigFileKey(configFileKey string) {
-	for _, allowedFlag := range allowedSetFlags {
-		if allowedFlag.YamlHierarchyName == configFileKey {
+		if currentField.Type.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+			mergeFlagValue(currentFieldByName, flagKey, flagValue)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if currentField.Tag.Get("yaml") != flagKey {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		flagValueKind := currentField.Type.Kind()
+
+		parsedValue, err := getParsedValue(flagValueKind, flagValue)
+		if err != nil {
+			Log.Warningf(uiUtils.Red, fmt.Sprintf("Invalid value %v for key %s, expected %s", flagValue, flagKey, flagValueKind))
 			return
 		}
+
+		currentFieldByName.Set(parsedValue)
 	}
-	Log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Unknown argument: %s. Exit", configFileKey))
-	os.Exit(1)
 }

-func addToConfigObj(key string, value interface{}, configObj map[string]interface{}) {
-	typ := reflect.TypeOf(value).Kind()
-	if typ != reflect.Map {
-		if strings.Contains(key, ".") {
-			split := strings.SplitN(key, ".", 2)
-			firstLevelKey := split[0]
-			if _, ok := configObj[firstLevelKey]; !ok {
-				configObj[firstLevelKey] = map[string]interface{}{}
-			}
-			addToConfigObj(split[1], value, configObj[firstLevelKey].(map[string]interface{}))
-		} else {
-			configObj[key] = value
+func mergeFlagValues(currentElem reflect.Value, flagKey string, flagValues []string) {
+	for i := 0; i < currentElem.NumField(); i++ {
+		currentField := currentElem.Type().Field(i)
+		currentFieldByName := currentElem.FieldByName(currentField.Name)
+
+		if currentField.Type.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+			mergeFlagValues(currentFieldByName, flagKey, flagValues)
+			continue
 		}
+
+		if currentField.Tag.Get("yaml") != flagKey {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		flagValueKind := currentField.Type.Elem().Kind()
+
+		parsedValues := reflect.MakeSlice(reflect.SliceOf(currentField.Type.Elem()), 0, 0)
+		for _, flagValue := range flagValues {
+			parsedValue, err := getParsedValue(flagValueKind, flagValue)
+			if err != nil {
+				Log.Warningf(uiUtils.Red, fmt.Sprintf("Invalid value %v for key %s, expected %s", flagValue, flagKey, flagValueKind))
+				return
+			}
+
+			parsedValues = reflect.Append(parsedValues, parsedValue)
+		}
+
+		currentFieldByName.Set(parsedValues)
 	}
 }
+
+func getParsedValue(kind reflect.Kind, value string) (reflect.Value, error) {
+	switch kind {
+	case reflect.String:
+		return reflect.ValueOf(value), nil
+	case reflect.Bool:
+		boolArgumentValue, err := strconv.ParseBool(value)
+		if err != nil {
+			break
+		}
+
+		return reflect.ValueOf(boolArgumentValue), nil
+	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
+		intArgumentValue, err := strconv.ParseInt(value, 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			break
+		}
+
+		return reflect.ValueOf(intArgumentValue), nil
+	case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64:
+		uintArgumentValue, err := strconv.ParseUint(value, 10, 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			break
+		}
+
+		return reflect.ValueOf(uintArgumentValue), nil
+	}
+
+	return reflect.ValueOf(nil), errors.New("value to parse does not match type")
+}
--- a/cli/mizu/configStruct.go
+++ b/cli/mizu/configStruct.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package mizu
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/mizu/configStructs"
+)
+
+type ConfigStruct struct {
+	Tap       configStructs.TapConfig     `yaml:"tap"`
+	Fetch     configStructs.FetchConfig   `yaml:"fetch"`
+	Version   configStructs.VersionConfig `yaml:"version"`
+	View      configStructs.ViewConfig    `yaml:"view"`
+	MizuImage string                      `yaml:"mizu-image"`
+	Telemetry bool                        `yaml:"telemetry" default:"true"`
+}
+
+func (config *ConfigStruct) SetDefaults() {
+	config.MizuImage = fmt.Sprintf("gcr.io/up9-docker-hub/mizu/%s:%s", Branch, SemVer)
+}
--- a/cli/mizu/configStructs/fetchConfig.go
+++ b/cli/mizu/configStructs/fetchConfig.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package configStructs
+
+const (
+	DirectoryFetchName     = "directory"
+	FromTimestampFetchName = "from"
+	ToTimestampFetchName   = "to"
+	MizuPortFetchName      = "port"
+)
+
+type FetchConfig struct {
+	Directory     string `yaml:"directory" default:"."`
+	FromTimestamp int    `yaml:"from" default:"0"`
+	ToTimestamp   int    `yaml:"to" default:"0"`
+	MizuPort      uint16 `yaml:"port" default:"8899"`
+}
--- a/cli/mizu/configStructs/tapConfig.go
+++ b/cli/mizu/configStructs/tapConfig.go
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+package configStructs
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared/units"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+const (
+	GuiPortTapName                = "gui-port"
+	NamespaceTapName              = "namespace"
+	AnalysisTapName               = "analysis"
+	AllNamespacesTapName          = "all-namespaces"
+	KubeConfigPathTapName         = "kube-config"
+	PlainTextFilterRegexesTapName = "regex-masking"
+	HideHealthChecksTapName       = "hide-healthchecks"
+	DisableRedactionTapName       = "no-redact"
+	HumanMaxEntriesDBSizeTapName  = "max-entries-db-size"
+	DirectionTapName              = "direction"
+	DryRunTapName                 = "dry-run"
+)
+
+type TapConfig struct {
+	AnalysisDestination    string   `yaml:"dest" default:"up9.app"`
+	SleepIntervalSec       int      `yaml:"upload-interval" default:"10"`
+	PodRegexStr            string   `yaml:"regex" default:".*"`
+	GuiPort                uint16   `yaml:"gui-port" default:"8899"`
+	Namespace              string   `yaml:"namespace"`
+	Analysis               bool     `yaml:"analysis" default:"false"`
+	AllNamespaces          bool     `yaml:"all-namespaces" default:"false"`
+	KubeConfigPath         string   `yaml:"kube-config"`
+	PlainTextFilterRegexes []string `yaml:"regex-masking"`
+	HideHealthChecks       bool     `yaml:"hide-healthchecks" default:"false"`
+	DisableRedaction       bool     `yaml:"no-redact" default:"false"`
+	HumanMaxEntriesDBSize  string   `yaml:"max-entries-db-size" default:"200MB"`
+	Direction              string   `yaml:"direction" default:"in"`
+	DryRun                 bool     `yaml:"dry-run" default:"false"`
+}
+
+func (config *TapConfig) PodRegex() *regexp.Regexp {
+	podRegex, _ := regexp.Compile(config.PodRegexStr)
+	return podRegex
+}
+
+func (config *TapConfig) TapOutgoing() bool {
+	directionLowerCase := strings.ToLower(config.Direction)
+	if directionLowerCase == "any" {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	return false
+}
+
+func (config *TapConfig) MaxEntriesDBSizeBytes() int64 {
+	maxEntriesDBSizeBytes, _ := units.HumanReadableToBytes(config.HumanMaxEntriesDBSize)
+	return maxEntriesDBSizeBytes
+}
+
+func (config *TapConfig) Validate() error {
+	_, compileErr := regexp.Compile(config.PodRegexStr)
+	if compileErr != nil {
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("%s is not a valid regex %s", config.PodRegexStr, compileErr))
+	}
+
+	_, parseHumanDataSizeErr := units.HumanReadableToBytes(config.HumanMaxEntriesDBSize)
+	if parseHumanDataSizeErr != nil {
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Could not parse --%s value %s", HumanMaxEntriesDBSizeTapName, config.HumanMaxEntriesDBSize))
+	}
+
+	directionLowerCase := strings.ToLower(config.Direction)
+	if directionLowerCase != "any" && directionLowerCase != "in" {
+		return errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("%s is not a valid value for flag --%s. Acceptable values are in/any.", config.Direction, DirectionTapName))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
--- a/cli/mizu/configStructs/versionConfig.go
+++ b/cli/mizu/configStructs/versionConfig.go
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package configStructs
+
+const (
+	DebugInfoVersionName = "debug"
+)
+
+type VersionConfig struct {
+	DebugInfo bool `yaml:"debug" default:"false"`
+}
--- a/cli/mizu/configStructs/viewConfig.go
+++ b/cli/mizu/configStructs/viewConfig.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package configStructs
+
+const (
+	GuiPortViewName        = "gui-port"
+	KubeConfigPathViewName = "kube-config"
+)
+
+type ViewConfig struct {
+	GuiPort        uint16 `yaml:"gui-port" default:"8899"`
+	KubeConfigPath string `yaml:"kube-config"`
+}
--- a/cli/mizu/telemetry.go
+++ b/cli/mizu/telemetry.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 const telemetryUrl = "https://us-east4-up9-prod.cloudfunctions.net/mizu-telemetry"

 func ReportRun(cmd string, args interface{}) {
-	if !GetBool(ConfigurationKeyTelemetry) {
+	if !Config.Telemetry {
 		Log.Debugf("not reporting due to config value")
 		return
 	}