Configure kubectl command to access remote kubernetes cluster on azure

Question

I have a kubernetes cluster running on azure. What is the way to access the cluster from local kubectl command. I referred to here but on the kubernetes master node there is no kube config file. Also, kubectl config view results in

apiVersion: v1 clusters: [] contexts: [] current-context: "" kind: Config preferences: {} users: [] 

Answer 1

Found a way to access remote kubernetes cluster without ssh'ing to one of the nodes in cluster. You need to edit ~/.kube/config file as below :

apiVersion: v1  clusters:     - cluster:     server: http://<master-ip>:<port>   name: test  contexts: - context:     cluster: test     user: test   name: test 

Then set context by executing:

kubectl config use-context test 

After this you should be able to interact with the cluster.

Note : To add certification and key use following link : http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/kubeconfig-file/

Alternately, you can also try following command

kubectl config set-cluster test-cluster --server=http://<master-ip>:<port> --api-version=v1 kubectl config use-context test-cluster