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Start interacting with the cluster#

To start interacting with the cluster, use kubectl with the mke context. Though to do that, you need to specify the configuration. Use the MKE 4 CLI (mkectl) to output the kubeconfig of the cluster to ~/mke/.mke.kubeconf.

You can apply .mke.kubeconf using any one of the following methods:

  • Set the KUBECONFIG environment variable to point to ~/.mke/mke.kubeconf:

    export KUBECONFIG=~/.mke/<cluster name>.kubeconfig

  • Append the contents to the default kubeconfig:

    cat ~/.mke/mke.kubeconf >> ~/.kube/config

  • Specify the kubeconfig as a command argument:

    kubectl --kubeconfig ~/.mke/mke.kubeconf

Example output:

$ kubectl --context mke get nodes

NAME    STATUS   ROLES           AGE   VERSION
node1   Ready    <none>          2d    v1.29.3+k0s
node2   Ready    control-plane   2d    v1.29.3+k0s

To modify the cluster configuration, edit the YAML configuration file and rerun the apply command:

mkectl apply -f mke4.yaml