This guide explains how to use the command line to interact with your newly deployed Kubernetes cluster.
Before you start, make sure you have created a workload cluster, as described in Create a New Cluster.
Explore the new AKS cluster
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Get a kubeconfig file for the workload cluster:
When the workload cluster is created, the cluster lifecycle services generate a kubeconfig file for the workload cluster, and write it to a Secret. The kubeconfig file is scoped to the cluster administrator.
Get the kubeconfig from the Secret, and write it to a file, using this command:
dkp get kubeconfig -c ${CLUSTER_NAME} > ${CLUSTER_NAME}.conf
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List the Nodes using this command:
kubectl --kubeconfig=${CLUSTER_NAME}.conf get nodes
NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION aks-cplbnlb-18646133-vmss000000 Ready agent 2m43s v1.21.2 aks-cplbnlb-18646133-vmss000001 Ready agent 2m47s v1.21.2 aks-cplbnlb-18646133-vmss000002 Ready agent 2m58s v1.21.2 aks-mpz427b-18646133-vmss000000 Ready agent 3m1s v1.21.2 aks-mpz427b-18646133-vmss000001 Ready agent 3m1s v1.21.2 aks-mpz427b-18646133-vmss000002 Ready agent 2m47s v1.21.2 aks-mpz427b-18646133-vmss000003 Ready agent 3m6s v1.21.2
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List the Pods using this command:
kubectl --kubeconfig=${CLUSTER_NAME}.conf get --all-namespaces pods
NAMESPACE NAME READY STATUS RESTARTS AGE calico-system calico-kube-controllers-5dcd4b47b5-tgslm 1/1 Running 0 3m58s calico-system calico-node-46dj9 1/1 Running 0 3m58s calico-system calico-node-crdgc 1/1 Running 0 3m58s calico-system calico-node-m7s7x 1/1 Running 0 3m58s calico-system calico-node-qfkqc 1/1 Running 0 3m57s calico-system calico-node-sfqfm 1/1 Running 0 3m57s calico-system calico-node-sn67x 1/1 Running 0 3m53s calico-system calico-node-w2pvt 1/1 Running 0 3m58s calico-system calico-typha-6f7f59969c-5z4t5 1/1 Running 0 3m51s calico-system calico-typha-6f7f59969c-ddzqb 1/1 Running 0 3m58s calico-system calico-typha-6f7f59969c-rr4lj 1/1 Running 0 3m51s kube-system azure-ip-masq-agent-4f4v6 1/1 Running 0 4m11s kube-system azure-ip-masq-agent-5xfh2 1/1 Running 0 4m11s kube-system azure-ip-masq-agent-9hlk8 1/1 Running 0 4m8s kube-system azure-ip-masq-agent-9vsgg 1/1 Running 0 4m16s kube-system azure-ip-masq-agent-b9wjj 1/1 Running 0 3m57s kube-system azure-ip-masq-agent-kpjtl 1/1 Running 0 3m53s kube-system azure-ip-masq-agent-vr7hd 1/1 Running 0 3m57s kube-system cluster-autoscaler-b4789f4bf-qkfk2 0/1 Init:0/1 0 3m28s kube-system coredns-845757d86-9jf8b 1/1 Running 0 5m29s kube-system coredns-845757d86-h4xfs 1/1 Running 0 4m kube-system coredns-autoscaler-5f85dc856b-xjb5z 1/1 Running 0 5m23s kube-system csi-azuredisk-node-4n4fx 3/3 Running 0 3m53s kube-system csi-azuredisk-node-8pnjj 3/3 Running 0 3m57s kube-system csi-azuredisk-node-sbt6r 3/3 Running 0 3m57s kube-system csi-azuredisk-node-v25wc 3/3 Running 0 4m16s kube-system csi-azuredisk-node-vfbxg 3/3 Running 0 4m11s kube-system csi-azuredisk-node-w5ff5 3/3 Running 0 4m11s kube-system csi-azuredisk-node-zzgqx 3/3 Running 0 4m8s kube-system csi-azurefile-node-2rpcc 3/3 Running 0 3m57s kube-system csi-azurefile-node-4gqkf 3/3 Running 0 4m11s kube-system csi-azurefile-node-f6k8m 3/3 Running 0 4m16s kube-system csi-azurefile-node-k72xq 3/3 Running 0 4m8s kube-system csi-azurefile-node-vx7r4 3/3 Running 0 3m53s kube-system csi-azurefile-node-zc8kr 3/3 Running 0 4m11s kube-system csi-azurefile-node-zkl6b 3/3 Running 0 3m57s kube-system kube-proxy-4fpb6 1/1 Running 0 3m53s kube-system kube-proxy-6qfbf 1/1 Running 0 4m16s kube-system kube-proxy-6wnt2 1/1 Running 0 4m8s kube-system kube-proxy-cspd5 1/1 Running 0 3m57s kube-system kube-proxy-nsgq6 1/1 Running 0 4m11s kube-system kube-proxy-qz2st 1/1 Running 0 4m11s kube-system kube-proxy-zvh9k 1/1 Running 0 3m57s kube-system metrics-server-6bc97b47f7-ltkkj 1/1 Running 0 5m28s kube-system tunnelfront-77d68f78bf-t78ck 1/1 Running 0 5m23s node-feature-discovery node-feature-discovery-master-65dc499cd-fxwb5 1/1 Running 0 3m28s node-feature-discovery node-feature-discovery-worker-277xc 1/1 Running 0 3m28s node-feature-discovery node-feature-discovery-worker-4dq5k 1/1 Running 0 3m28s node-feature-discovery node-feature-discovery-worker-57nb8 1/1 Running 0 3m28s node-feature-discovery node-feature-discovery-worker-b4lkl 1/1 Running 0 3m28s node-feature-discovery node-feature-discovery-worker-kslst 1/1 Running 0 3m28s node-feature-discovery node-feature-discovery-worker-ppjtm 1/1 Running 0 3m28s node-feature-discovery node-feature-discovery-worker-x5bgf 1/1 Running 0 3m28s tigera-operator tigera-operator-74c4d9cf84-k7css 1/1 Running 0 5m25s
When ready, you can delete the cluster.