Access a Cluster

Once your Kubernetes cluster is in the Running state, you can retrieve its kubeconfig and start interacting with it using standard Kubernetes tools.

Download the kubeconfig

Navigate to the cluster's detail page and click Download Kubeconfig. The portal provides the complete kubeconfig as a YAML file.

The cluster detail page includes a kubeconfig download option for connecting with kubectl.

Alternatively, save the kubeconfig content to a file manually:

# Save to a dedicated file
cat > ~/.kube/flex-production.yaml << 'EOF'
# Paste the kubeconfig content here
EOF

# Or set it as your active config
export KUBECONFIG=~/.kube/flex-production.yaml

The kubeconfig contains:

• Cluster endpoint: the API server address for your cluster's hosted control plane.
• Authentication credentials: client certificate and key for authenticating to the API server.
• CA certificate: for verifying the API server's TLS certificate.

Connect with kubectl

With the kubeconfig in place, verify the connection:

# Check cluster info
kubectl cluster-info

# List nodes
kubectl get nodes

# Verify all node pools are healthy
kubectl get nodes -o wide

You should see your worker nodes listed with Ready status. The node names correspond to the VMs provisioned by flex.plane.

# Example output
NAME                  STATUS   ROLES    AGE   VERSION
general-abc12-001     Ready    <none>   10m   v1.31.2
general-abc12-002     Ready    <none>   10m   v1.31.2
general-abc12-003     Ready    <none>    9m   v1.31.2
memopt-def34-001      Ready    <none>    8m   v1.31.2
memopt-def34-002      Ready    <none>    8m   v1.31.2

From here, you can use all standard Kubernetes operations:

# Deploy a workload
kubectl apply -f deployment.yaml

# Check pod status
kubectl get pods -A

# View logs
kubectl logs -f deployment/my-app

# Execute into a pod
kubectl exec -it pod/my-app-xyz -- /bin/sh