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Reputation:

kubectl or bash is ignoring KUBECONFIG env variable

I am setting KUBECONFIG variable, but kubectl is not using this variable and instead using the default config file.

Setting variable as below -

$export KUBECONFIG=./my-k8s-token.config

next am running get pods as below -

$ kubectl.exe get pods -v 8
I1211 22:08:39.175597    1920 loader.go:359] Config loaded from file C:\Users\myuserhome/.kube/config
I1211 22:08:39.186378    1920 round_trippers.go:416] GET https://kubernetes.docker.internal:6443/api/v1/namespaces/default/pods?limit=500
I1211 22:08:39.187586    1920 round_trippers.go:423] Request Headers:

As you can see above, kubectl is still using the default config file: C:\Users\myuserhome/.kube/config.

How can i fix this. How can i make kubectl read the config file from KUBECONFIG variable.

Note: If you are wondering why there is .exe extension for kubectl, the answer is I am using WSL2 with Ubuntu.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 5370

Answers (1)

user14305942
user14305942

Reputation:

I could solve the issue by using kubectl which i installed using offical documentation - https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl-linux/#install-using-native-package-management.

Now on using kubectl instead of kubectl.exe I am able to use KUBECONFIG env variable.

Upvotes: 3

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