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Version: 4.5

Rancher CLI Authentication

Method 1 (Rancher Dashboard Portal):​

  1. Navigate to the Rancher Dashboard and make sure the correct cluster is selected

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  2. Click the "Launch kubectl" button

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Method 2 (Rancher Cluster Explorer Portal):​

  1. Navigate to the Cluster Explorer

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  2. Click the Kubectl Shell button

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Method 3 (Local Machine):​

  1. Navigate to the Rancher Dashboard and make sure the correct cluster is selected

    • Same as Method 1 -> Step 1

  2. Click the "Kubeconfig File" button

  3. Copy the contents and save it to a file on your local system

    • example: 'rancher-aws-kubeconfig.conf'

  4. Scroll to the bottom of the Rancher Dashboard page and download the Rancher CLI

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  5. Add the Rancher cli executable location to your PATH environment variable

  6. Install kubectl

  7. Execute your desired kubectl command and reference the kubeconfig file you had earlier saved

    • The first time you execute a kubectl command, you will be prompted to authenticate

  8. During authentication prompts, enter the following

    • Provider: 0 (activeDirectoryProvider)
    • Username: {your sso@netapp.com}
    • Password: { your sso password}

    Example:

    $ kubectl --kubeconfig=rancher-aws-kubeconfig.conf get pods -n abc-hostspace1-stg
    https://aws-us-east-1.rancher.cloudone.netapp.com/v3-public/authProviders 
    Enter auth provider
    0 - activeDirectoryProvider
    1 - localProvider: 0  
    Enter credentials for activeDirectoryProvider 

    Enter username: ***@netapp.com
    Enter password: 
    INFO[0011] Saving config to /Users/***/.rancher/cli2.json 
    No resources found in abc-hostspace1-stg namespace.