Accessing the hosted cluster
You can access the hosted cluster by either getting the kubeconfig file and kubeadmin credential directly from resources, or by using the hcp command-line interface to generate a kubeconfig file.
To access the hosted cluster by getting the kubeconfig file and credentials directly from resources, you must be familiar with the access secrets for hosted clusters. The hosted cluster (hosting) namespace has hosted cluster resources and the access secrets. The hosted control plane namespace is where the hosted control plane runs.
The secret name formats are as follows:
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kubeconfigsecret:<hosted_cluster_namespace>-<name>-admin-kubeconfig(clusters-hypershift-demo-admin-kubeconfig) -
kubeadminpassword secret:<hosted_cluster_namespace>-<name>-kubeadmin-password(clusters-hypershift-demo-kubeadmin-password)
The kubeconfig secret has a Base64-encoded kubeconfig field, which you can decode and save into a file to use with the following command:
$ oc --kubeconfig <hosted_cluster_name>.kubeconfig get nodesThe kubeadmin password secret is also Base64-encoded. You can decode it and use the password to log in to the API server or console of the hosted cluster.
To access the hosted cluster by using the hcp CLI to generate the kubeconfig file, take the following steps.
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Generate the
kubeconfigfile by entering the following command:$ hcp create kubeconfig --namespace <hosted_cluster_namespace> \ --name <hosted_cluster_name> > <hosted_cluster_name>.kubeconfig -
After you save the
kubeconfigfile, you can access the hosted cluster by entering the following example command:$ oc --kubeconfig <hosted_cluster_name>.kubeconfig get nodes