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.
Generate a kubeconfig file suitable for authenticating as the `admin` user:
```
{
KUBERNETES_PUBLIC_ADDRESS=$(gcloud compute addresses describe kubernetes-the-hard-way \
--region $(gcloud config get-value compute/region) \
--format 'value(address)')
kubectl config set-cluster kubernetes-the-hard-way \
--certificate-authority=ca.pem \
--embed-certs=true \
--server=https://${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)