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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
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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 👍

anthonybudd • July 2, 2019

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    cmattoon • July 4, 2019

    I can confirm this is happening with doctl, but not with the manual download.

    Specifically, the doctl result has:

    users:
- name: do-nyc1-cmattoon
  user: {}

    While the manually downloaded one has:

    users:
- name: do-nyc1-cmattoon
  user:
    client-certificate-data: "..."
    client-key-data: "..."

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