error no configuration has been provided try setting KUBERNETES MASTER environment variable

Question

Hi Guys,

I installed Kubectl program in my Linux system and also set path. But when I tried to run the below command it shows me the error.

[root@localhost ~]# kubectl get pods
error: no configuration has been provided, try setting KUBERNETES_MASTER environment variable

How can I solve this error?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

When you try to connect your kubernetes cluster using kubectl, you have to provide client-key and certificate. You can use the below given command.

$ kubectl get pods --server https://minikube_IP:8443 --client-key /root/client.key --client-certificate /root/client.crt --cerfificate-authority /root/ca.crt

You can change path of your file accordingly.

For further details, refer to the Kubernetes Course.

Comments

I created a yml file called config in directory ~/.kube/. even though It is showing the same error

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Can you share screenshot of your error?