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kubectl asking for username and password

I have just set up a Kubernetes cluster on DigitalOcean. I have followed the suggested tutorial but when I try and run the commands I keep getting prompted for a username and password which I have not been provided with.

I have seen a few posts where people say it will be emailed to me but it’s been well over an hour since the set-up completed and I have still not been emailed with anything (yes, I checked the usual places)

Commands I ran: $> doctl kubernetes cluster kubeconfig save MY-CLUSTER Notice: adding cluster credentials to kubeconfig file found in “/Users/anthonybudd/.kube/config” Notice: setting current-context to do-sfo2-ideea-prod $> kubctl get nodes Please enter Username:

Tutorial https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/kubernetes/how-to/connect-to-cluster/

Any help or insights would be appreciated.

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anthonybudd • July 2, 2019
Accepted Answer

After pulling my hair out for a few hours and seriously questioning why I moved to DO, I’ve got to the bottom of the issue…

Manually downloading the config file and using doctl will retrieve different files. The manually downloaded config file has the auth details and the doctl one doesn’t.

Don’t use. doctl kubernetes cluster kubeconfig save ideea-prod

It’s a bug on your side 👍

mreider • December 2, 2020

This does not happen on my local Mac workstation, but it does seem to happen when I try to do it from a Linux container. The solution was

doctl auth init -t {digital ocean api token}
doctl k8s cluster config show b68876cd-8a1d-4073etc. > /root/.kube/myconf
kubectl --kubeconfig=/root/.kube/myconf get pods
danielfroz • November 8, 2020

It’s Nov 8, 2020 and just came across this problem. Question here is when this is going to be fixed? The docs still refers to doctl as recommended option (Generate Using doctl (Recommended))… […]

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