~/.kube/config

~/.kube/config

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

Example

apiVersion: v1 
clusters:
- cluster:
    certificate-authority-data: LS0tLS1CRUdJTiDATAREMOVEDCg==
    server: https://00AXXXXXXXXXX1B.gr7.us-east-2.eks.amazonaws.com
  name: arn:aws:eks:us-east-2:123455:cluster/education-eks-Ry318DCv 
contexts:
- context:
    cluster: arn:aws:eks:us-east-2:123456:cluster/education-eks-Ry318DCv
    user: arn:aws:eks:us-east-2:123455:cluster/education-eks-Ry318DCv
  name: arn:aws:eks:us-east-2:123456:cluster/education-eks-Ry318DCv 
current-context: arn:aws:eks:us-east-2:123456:cluster/education-eks-Ry318DCv 
kind: Config

preferences: {}
 users:
 - name: arn:aws:eks:us-east-2:123456:cluster/education-eks-Ry318DCv
  user:
    exec:
      apiVersion: client.authentication.k8s.io/v1alpha1
      args:
      - --region
      - us-east-2
      - eks
      - get-token
      - --cluster-name
      - education-eks-Ry318DCv
      command: aws
      env:
      - name: AWS_PROFILE
        value: your_profile

Errors

Error: unable to describe cluster control plane: AccessDeniedException: User: arn:aws:iam::0987654321:user/YOUR_USER is not authorized to perform: eks:DescribeCluster on resource: arn:aws:eks:xx-east-2:0987654321:cluster/my-eks-cluster-name with an explicit deny

Related

• https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/create-kubeconfig.html
• kubectl config
• kubectl get nodes, kubectl get svc
• Terraform: Kubernetes provider
• aws eks update-kubeconfig --name my-eks-cluster-name

See also

• kubectl config [ view | get-contexts | current-context | get-clusters | set-context ], ~/.kube/config, kubectl config --help
• Deploy EKS cluster using Terraform, Terraform EKS apply output, terraform show, ~/.kube/config