How to connect IKS environment using external Rundeck?

Question

I'm using external Rundeck present outside IKS usually we login to ibmcloud and then access IKS. But I need to access IKS environment with service account (cert & token). Is that possible? if yes how I can store this kubeconfig temporarily without storing it in .kube/config

Answer 1

Create a 'Service ID' and within the service id create an 'API Key' - Login to the ibmcloud console and choose Manage > Access (IAM) - Create a Service ID - Add the Access polices, by clicking the associated panel and then add policies - Choose the API keys panel and click on create

I do not know what you mean to 'store temporarily'. But then the script can login using this api key in your script and config kubectl:

ibmcloud login --aipkey 6JaR7NOTAREALKEYPc-E01i-mlwc7_8zd29foobar2NA -g yourgroup ibmcloud ks cluster config --cluster yourcluster kubectl ...