Retrieve the kubeconfig for a Kubernetes Cluster

This endpoint returns a kubeconfig file in YAML format. It can be used to connect to and administer the cluster using the Kubernetes command line tool, kubectl, or other programs supporting kubeconfig files (e.g., client libraries).

The resulting kubeconfig file uses token-based authentication for clusters supporting it, and certificate-based authentication otherwise. For a list of supported versions and more information, see "How to Connect to a DigitalOcean Kubernetes Cluster".

To retrieve a kubeconfig file for use with a Kubernetes cluster, send a GET request to /v2/kubernetes/clusters/$K8S_CLUSTER_ID/kubeconfig.

Clusters supporting token-based authentication may define an expiration by passing a duration in seconds as a query parameter to /v2/kubernetes/clusters/$K8S_CLUSTER_ID/kubeconfig?expiry_seconds=$DURATION_IN_SECONDS. If not set or 0, then the token will have a 7 day expiry. The query parameter has no impact in certificate-based authentication.

Kubernetes Roles granted to a user with a token-based kubeconfig are derived from that user's DigitalOcean role. Predefined roles (Owner, Member, Modifier etc.) have an automatic mapping to Kubernetes roles. Custom roles are not automatically mapped to any Kubernetes roles, and require additional configuration by a cluster administrator.