Create a Kubeconfig for a Kubernetes Service Account

A guide on how to create a kubeconfig for a Kubernetes service account in Omni.

To follow this guide, you will need omnictl installed and configured. (If you haven't done so already, follow the omnictl guide.) You will also need also need a cluster created withing Omni.

Note that Omni also supports Omni Service Accounts, which provide authentication to Omni itself. Kubernetes Service Accounts are used to authenticate to a Kubernetes cluster, not Omni.

Creating the Kubernetes Service Account Kubeconfig

To create a service account kubeconfig, run the following command:

omnictl kubeconfig --service-account -c <cluster> --user <username> <path to kubeconfig>

Replace <path to kubeconfig> with a path where the kubeconfig file should be written. Replace <cluster> with the name of the cluster in Omni. Replace <username> with any value you would like.

This command will create a service account token with the given username and obtain a kubeconfig file for the given cluster and username.

You can now use kubectl with the generated kubeconfig.