kubeadm Cheat Sheet/Generate kubeconfig for user

Generate a kubeconfig file for a user credential.

Section: Certificates and kubeconfig

Generate kubeconfig for user

bash
bash
kubeadm kubeconfig user --client-name=platform-admin
Explanation

Generate a kubeconfig file for a user credential.

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