kubernetes-the-hard-way/docs/10-configuring-kubectl.md

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# Configuring kubectl for Remote Access
In this lab you will generate a kubeconfig file for the `kubectl` command line utility based on the `admin` user credentials.
> Run the commands in this lab from the same directory used to generate the admin client certificates.
## The Admin Kubernetes Configuration File
Each kubeconfig requires a Kubernetes API Server to connect to. To support high availability the IP address assigned to the external load balancer fronting the Kubernetes API Servers will be used.
Extract the public IP address of the cluster:
```gcloud```
```
KUBERNETES_PUBLIC_ADDRESS=$(gcloud compute addresses describe kubernetes-the-hard-way \
--region $(gcloud config get-value compute/region) \
--format 'value(address)')
```
```az```
```
KUBERNETES_PUBLIC_ADDRESS=$(az network public-ip show --name kubernetes-the-hard-way --query ipAddress -o tsv)
```
Generate a kubeconfig file suitable for authenticating as the `admin` user:
```
kubectl config set-cluster kubernetes-the-hard-way \
--certificate-authority=ca.pem \
--embed-certs=true \
--server=https://${KUBERNETES_PUBLIC_ADDRESS}:6443
kubectl config set-credentials admin \
--client-certificate=admin.pem \
--client-key=admin-key.pem
kubectl config set-context kubernetes-the-hard-way \
--cluster=kubernetes-the-hard-way \
--user=admin
kubectl config use-context kubernetes-the-hard-way
```
## Verification
Check the version of the remote Kubernetes cluster:
```
kubectl version
```
> output
```
Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"21", GitVersion:"v1.21.0", GitCommit:"cb303e613a121a29364f75cc67d3d580833a7479", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2021-04-08T16:31:21Z", GoVersion:"go1.16.1", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}
Server Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"21", GitVersion:"v1.21.0", GitCommit:"cb303e613a121a29364f75cc67d3d580833a7479", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2021-04-08T16:25:06Z", GoVersion:"go1.16.1", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}
```
List the nodes in the remote Kubernetes cluster:
```
kubectl get nodes
```
> output
```
NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION
worker-0 Ready <none> 2m35s v1.21.0
worker-1 Ready <none> 2m35s v1.21.0
worker-2 Ready <none> 2m35s v1.21.0
```
Next: [Provisioning Pod Network Routes](11-pod-network-routes.md)