Editing Tutorials:Set up your Kubernetes user account (section)

== Set up a .kube/config file ==

Create the subdirectory ".kube" in your home and set restrictive permissions. It will contain your cluster credentials, and anyone who has access to the files in there can steal your identity and impersonate you. We do not want this.

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
> cd ~
> mkdir .kube
> chmod 700 .kube
</syntaxhighlight>

Create a file ".kube/config" and edit its contents as follows. To get the certificate authority data right, download it here: [[File:kubeconfig_template_ccu.zip]].

<syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
apiVersion: v1
clusters:
- cluster:
    certificate-authority-data: LS0tLS1CRUdJ ....
    server: https://134.34.224.84:6443
  name: ccu
contexts:
- context:
    cluster: ccu
    namespace: testing
    user: your.username
  name: me@ccu
kind: Config
preferences: {}
users:
</syntaxhighlight>

Of course, substitute your own username at the indicated locations. You will later learn what to do about the namespace.