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

Configuring Kubectl

Download and Install kubectl

wget https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases/download/v1.3.0/kubernetes.tar.gz

tar -xvf kubernetes.tar.gz

OS X

sudo cp kubernetes/platforms/darwin/amd64/kubectl /usr/local/bin

Linux

sudo cp kubernetes/platforms/linux/amd64/kubectl /usr/local/bin

Configure Kubectl

kubectl config set-credentials admin --token chAng3m3

kubectl config set-cluster kubernetes-the-hard-way \
  --embed-certs=true \
  --certificate-authority=ca.pem \
  --server=https://146.148.34.151:6443

kubectl config set-context default-context \
  --cluster=kubernetes-the-hard-way \
  --user=admin

kubectl config use-context default-context

At this point you should be able to connect securly to the remote API server:

kubectl get componentstatuses

NAME                 STATUS    MESSAGE              ERROR
controller-manager   Healthy   ok                   
scheduler            Healthy   ok                   
etcd-2               Healthy   {"health": "true"}   
etcd-0               Healthy   {"health": "true"}   
etcd-1               Healthy   {"health": "true"}  

kubectl get nodes

NAME      STATUS    AGE
worker0   Ready     10m
worker1   Ready     12m
worker2   Ready     14m