Cannot come up with the correct Kubeconfig when releasing an application to Kubernetes cluster in MS Azure
Following this article, I was successfully able to create all builds within VSTS; however, I am unable to get past the VSTS release because of the Kubernetes endpoint
I am trying to enter the correct contents for the Kubeconfig, but the files is never accepted
I did try to access the config file within the Azure cloud shell in the ~/.kube/ folder (with the vi editor) but the file is not accepted
Also, I ran a command "kubectl config view" and pasted the contents, but I would an error message saying "no kind 'Config' is registered for version V1"
Is there anything straightforward that I am missing?
Thank you very much for your generous support
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The content of the file is
apiVersion: v1
clusters:
- cluster:
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server: https://myk8scluster-myresourcegroup2-b35f44mgmt.eastus.cloudapp.azure.com
name: "myk8scluster-myresourcegroup2-b35f44mgmt"
contexts:
- context:
cluster: "myk8scluster-myresourcegroup2-b35f44mgmt"
user: "myk8scluster-myresourcegroup2-b35f44mgmt-admin"
name: "myk8scluster-myresourcegroup2-b35f44mgmt"
current-context: "myk8scluster-myresourcegroup2-b35f44mgmt"
kind: Config
users:
- name: "myk8scluster-myresourcegroup2-b35f44mgmt-admin"
user:
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(75 ms) 2017-08-29T14:40:39.6734790Z Downloading file /opt/vsts/work/r1/a/KubernetesCluster/deploy/deploy.yaml 2017-08-29T14:40:39.9513700Z Download complete. 2017-08-29T14:40:39.9685490Z 1 placed file(s): 1 downloaded, 0 empty 2017-08-29T14:40:39.9840720Z 1 MB downloaded at 6 KB/sec. Download time: 00:00:00.2815253. 2017-08-29T14:40:40.0000810Z Downloaded linked artifact KubernetesCluster 2017-08-29T14:40:40.0158320Z Finished artifacts download 2017-08-29T14:40:40.0315320Z Downloading commits 2017-08-29T14:40:40.0950300Z ##[section]Finishing: Download Artifacts 2017-08-29T14:40:40.9837380Z ##[section]Starting: kubectl apply 2017-08-29T14:40:41.0806260Z ============================================================================== 2017-08-29T14:40:41.0982230Z Task : Deploy to Kubernetes 2017-08-29T14:40:41.1149960Z Description : Deploy, configure, update your Kubernetes cluster in Azure Container Service by running kubectl commands. 2017-08-29T14:40:41.1312870Z Version : 0.1.3 2017-08-29T14:40:41.1472790Z Author : Microsoft Corporation 2017-08-29T14:40:41.1631820Z Help : More Information 2017-08-29T14:40:41.1792190Z ============================================================================== 2017-08-29T14:40:46.5099920Z [command]/opt/vsts/work/_temp/kubectlTask/1504017644472/kubectl --kubeconfig /opt/vsts/work/_temp/kubectlTask/1504017644472/config apply -f /opt/vsts/work/r1/a/KubernetesCluster/deploy/deploy.yaml 2017-08-29T14:40:46.5292110Z error: Error loading config file "/opt/vsts/work/_temp/kubectlTask/1504017644472/config": [pos 1657]: json: error decoding base64 binary 'LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBDRVJUSUZJQ0FURS0tLS0tDQpNSUlETURDQ0FoaWdBd0lCQWdJSWV0NzVtaVNhQ0FNd0RRWUpLb1pJaHZjTkFRRUxCUUF3RXpFUk1BOEdBMVVFQXd3SVlXTnphemh6DQpZMkV3SGhjTk1UY3dPREUxTURBd01EQXdXaGN OTVRrd09ERTFNREF3TURBd1dqQVRNUkV3RHdZRFZRUUREQWhoWTNOck9ITmpZVENDDQpBU0l3RFFZSktvWklodmNOQVFFQkJRQURnZ0VQQURDQ0FRb0NnZ0VCQUxBQ1lva3pIOHZpZUY3RDBHcHl4VDFXdHZFMkhEbGx2WmdBDQpRYjVQYTVEamdsc2VnVWovQmczVStrczZ6amVGbXN pSXlWS1p5aVlSQnRsSlI5ZnB2R0xYZzhxOW4vNVE3MlM5dEhyVGVmZ1o2WWU5DQo0U1JrV1AxT053bXN0Sk00cHNCL0R5QU5kOERRYXFYb0hTT2FjdkRjM2lFTzhZc0IzRjBydzRrU2lMTVlwUnRBQlZEbFZsQW1KbERqDQpxQVJWd3pzWDN5aUtQL1poTEc3cjlqemhqbjVXalpYTjM yN3hIdlo4bWNZWno3RytzcldqbmRsYzZEdGMwQ1ZFNWtPL2pGL0FpOHgwDQpmNzZJWUxlTk5CMFBpVzlwa1NadFZoNnYxUDY4UHFzTjZPVTUrS1NTNGFjaERDaDBuc1JVV1o3RjF6Rlh4RUxsNUZIaVQ0Mzk2dEdjDQpkMDhDQXdFQUFhT0JoekNCaERCQ0JnTlZIU01FT3pBNWdCVFR TRXhHRUtJNklOVktFM2ZJaEwrY1RtK0N4S0VYcEJVd0V6RVJNQThHDQpBMVVFQXd3SVlXTnphemh6WTJHQ0NIcmUrWm9rbWdnRE1CMEdBMVVkRGdRV0JCVFRTRXhHRUtJNklOVktFM2ZJaEwrY1RtK0N4REFQDQpCZ05WSFJNQkFmOEVCVEFEQVFIL01BNEdBMVVkRHdFQi93UUVBd0l DcERBTkJna3Foa2lHOXcwQkFRc0ZBQU9DQVFFQWNyMlA0bHgzDQpWMDdFQVpHK1VYQ2pPbWJpU3RXWlR2d2JNanRLN2JWT3BtYlhWV2F5SWNONUFKejBFejhJczBnY3Z5cEM3VjV3b3NoUldGa1Y0V3Q4DQpTMGFyUmppQWZBdmVKMUZQZ3FVYi9GTjd1Q05BTUxSRXZkMDBQaW51VkJ uQk1jaVJiN1NsTmJqUkxvUWtaTGl1aFMzVnJtRURUQXBYDQpIYVI4c1lKVXNyeUFwODRoeExwWm5MU1Z3L1BGQittc3F6aU1iRnlTSjdNLzdYY29tUm5aSjdSa21QN2owN2p4ZWJYMmF0T21MKzdmDQovNUFBdzNQZDZCRTFVRHBINzJSYk1hS1pjTkc1dm1UdGFzS0tjTnBZRWR2R2V ISEJRNmFoOG1mSC85eEMwalo4SzdOMWtCUmpQMWxpDQpkRUFYTkZQQU82RVp6RjBEZUhSdlRZeHJYS0hwY3c9PQ0KLS0tLS1FTkQgQ0VSVElGSUNBVEUtLS0tLQ0K': illegal base64 data at input byte 179 2017-08-29T14:40:46.6025270Z ##[error]error: Error loading config file "/opt/vsts/work/_temp/kubectlTask/1504017644472/config": [pos 1657]: json: error decoding base64 binary 'LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBDRVJUSUZJQ0FURS0tLS0tDQpNSUlETURDQ0FoaWdBd0lCQWdJSWV0NzVtaVNhQ0FNd0RRWUpLb1pJaHZjTkFRRUxCUUF3RXpFUk1BOEdBMVVFQXd3SVlXTnphemh6DQpZMkV3SGhjTk1UY3dPREUxTURBd01EQXdXaGN OTVRrd09ERTFNREF3TURBd1dqQVRNUkV3RHdZRFZRUUREQWhoWTNOck9ITmpZVENDDQpBU0l3RFFZSktvWklodmNOQVFFQkJRQURnZ0VQQURDQ0FRb0NnZ0VCQUxBQ1lva3pIOHZpZUY3RDBHcHl4VDFXdHZFMkhEbGx2WmdBDQpRYjVQYTVEamdsc2VnVWovQmczVStrczZ6amVGbXN pSXlWS1p5aVlSQnRsSlI5ZnB2R0xYZzhxOW4vNVE3MlM5dEhyVGVmZ1o2WWU5DQo0U1JrV1AxT053bXN0Sk00cHNCL0R5QU5kOERRYXFYb0hTT2FjdkRjM2lFTzhZc0IzRjBydzRrU2lMTVlwUnRBQlZEbFZsQW1KbERqDQpxQVJWd3pzWDN5aUtQL1poTEc3cjlqemhqbjVXalpYTjM yN3hIdlo4bWNZWno3RytzcldqbmRsYzZEdGMwQ1ZFNWtPL2pGL0FpOHgwDQpmNzZJWUxlTk5CMFBpVzlwa1NadFZoNnYxUDY4UHFzTjZPVTUrS1NTNGFjaERDaDBuc1JVV1o3RjF6Rlh4RUxsNUZIaVQ0Mzk2dEdjDQpkMDhDQXdFQUFhT0JoekNCaERCQ0JnTlZIU01FT3pBNWdCVFR TRXhHRUtJNklOVktFM2ZJaEwrY1RtK0N4S0VYcEJVd0V6RVJNQThHDQpBMVVFQXd3SVlXTnphemh6WTJHQ0NIcmUrWm9rbWdnRE1CMEdBMVVkRGdRV0JCVFRTRXhHRUtJNklOVktFM2ZJaEwrY1RtK0N4REFQDQpCZ05WSFJNQkFmOEVCVEFEQVFIL01BNEdBMVVkRHdFQi93UUVBd0l DcERBTkJna3Foa2lHOXcwQkFRc0ZBQU9DQVFFQWNyMlA0bHgzDQpWMDdFQVpHK1VYQ2pPbWJpU3RXWlR2d2JNanRLN2JWT3BtYlhWV2F5SWNONUFKejBFejhJczBnY3Z5cEM3VjV3b3NoUldGa1Y0V3Q4DQpTMGFyUmppQWZBdmVKMUZQZ3FVYi9GTjd1Q05BTUxSRXZkMDBQaW51VkJ uQk1jaVJiN1NsTmJqUkxvUWtaTGl1aFMzVnJtRURUQXBYDQpIYVI4c1lKVXNyeUFwODRoeExwWm5MU1Z3L1BGQittc3F6aU1iRnlTSjdNLzdYY29tUm5aSjdSa21QN2owN2p4ZWJYMmF0T21MKzdmDQovNUFBdzNQZDZCRTFVRHBINzJSYk1hS1pjTkc1dm1UdGFzS0tjTnBZRWR2R2V ISEJRNmFoOG1mSC85eEMwalo4SzdOMWtCUmpQMWxpDQpkRUFYTkZQQU82RVp6RjBEZUhSdlRZeHJYS0hwY3c9PQ0KLS0tLS1FTkQgQ0VSVElGSUNBVEUtLS0tLQ0K': illegal base64 data at input byte 179 2017-08-29T14:40:46.6583100Z ##[error]/opt/vsts/work/_temp/kubectlTask/1504017644472/kubectl failed with return code: 1 2017-08-29T14:40:46.7240620Z ##[section]Finishing: kubectl apply 2017-08-29T14:40:46.8777480Z ##[section]Finishing: Release
According to the logs you provided, there are some unexpected blank space characters in the config file which cause the illegal error. For example, after 179 bytes "XdXaGN". These blank space characters does not exist in the config file you provided before, so it could be added when you copy and then paste the content into service endpoint. Please check and remove them and then try again. I just list part of them in the screenshot. 
Eddie - MSFT, thank you very much for your pointers!
I did find a cause of my trouble
The problem was is that once I would get the text from the VI editor of a config file, I would paste it into a notepad that would break the line and adding the new line characters
I used the TextPad instead where I was making sure that the encoded lines stay straight
After that all releases went fine and were successful
Thank you again for your help