Accessing remote kubernetes cluster on azure using kubectl

Question

I am running one of my kubernetes clusters on azure. How can I access it from a local kubectl command. I referred the docs but I do not have any kube config file. And if I view do a kube config view I get:

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

Answer 1

So, try this. Edit your kube config file inside the ~/.kube/config like:

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

Set the context by running:

kubectl config use-context test

Now you can interact with the cluster. Also, to add the certification follow: http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/kubeconfig-file/

Or run this command:

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