gcloud container clusters get-credentials

gcloud container clusters get-credentials --help
gcloud container clusters get-credentials
gcloud container clusters get-credentials MyClusterName
gcloud container clusters get-credentials MyClusterName --zone europe-west3-b
gcloud container clusters get-credentials MyClusterName --region europe-west3-c
gcloud container clusters get-credentials $(terraform output -raw kubernetes_cluster_name) --region $(terraform output -raw region)

Example

gcloud container clusters get-credentials MyClusterName --zone europe-west3-b
Fetching cluster endpoint and auth data.
kubeconfig entry generated for MyClusterName.

Use new contexts to access the cluster:

kubectl config get-contexts
kubectl config use-context

Errors

gcloud container clusters get-credentials your-cluster-name --region europe-west3-b
Fetching cluster endpoint and auth data.
ERROR: (gcloud.container.clusters.get-credentials) ResponseError: code=403, message=Required "container.clusters.get" permission(s) for "projects/your-project/zones/europe-west3-b/clusters/your-cluster-name".

gcloud container clusters get-credentials
ERROR: (gcloud.container.clusters.get-credentials) argument NAME: Must be specified.
Usage: gcloud container clusters get-credentials NAME [optional flags]
  optional flags may be  --help | --internal-ip | --region | --zone 

For detailed information on this command and its flags, run:
  gcloud container clusters get-credentials --help

Related

• gcloud components install gke-gcloud-auth-plugin
• gcloud container clusters list
• kubectl get pods
• aws eks update-kubeconfig --name my-eks-cluster-name
• $HOME/.kube/config
• gcloud config set account
• Provide access to GKE cluster

See also

• gcloud container clusters [ create | get-credentials | list | describe ]
• gcloud container [ clusters | images | get-server-config | subnets ]
• GKE, GKE Autopilot, gcloud container, gke-gcloud-auth-plugin, GKE release channels, GKE Ingress, GCP Node logs, GCP Node logs severity Error, GKE roles, Provide access to GKE cluster, Deploy GKE cluster using Terraform, cluster_autoscaling, addons_config, GKE Node Pool, node auto-provisioning