Kubectl command throwing error: Unable to connect to the server: getting credentials: exec: exit status 2

1/21/2020

I am doing a lab setup of EKS/Kubectl and after the completion cluster build, I run the following:

> kubectl get node

And I get the following error:
Unable to connect to the server: getting credentials: exec: exit status 2

Moreover, I am sure it is a configuration issue for,

kubectl version
usage: aws [options] <command> <subcommand> [<subcommand> ...] [parameters]
To see help text, you can run:

  aws help
  aws <command> help
  aws <command> <subcommand> help
aws: error: argument operation: Invalid choice, valid choices are:

create-cluster                           | delete-cluster                          
describe-cluster                         | describe-update                         
list-clusters                            | list-updates                            
update-cluster-config                    | update-cluster-version                  
update-kubeconfig                        | wait                                    
help                                    
Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"17", GitVersion:"v1.17.1", GitCommit:"d224476cd0730baca2b6e357d144171ed74192d6", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2020-01-14T21:04:32Z", GoVersion:"go1.13.5", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"darwin/amd64"}
Unable to connect to the server: getting credentials: exec: exit status 2

Please advise next steps for troubleshooting.

-- Louis Preston Thornton III
amazon-web-services
eks
kubectl
kubernetes

1 Answer

1/21/2020

Did you have the kubectl configuration file ready?

Normally we put it under ~/.kube/config and the file includes the cluster endpoint, ceritifcate, contexts, admin users, and so on.

Furtherly, read this document: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/create-kubeconfig.html

-- BMW
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