Container Compute Service:Manage Kubernetes clusters with kubectl on CloudShell

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that you have:

• Public network access enabled on the target cluster's API server. Cloud Shell only supports public network connections to clusters. For instructions, see Control public access to the API server of a cluster.

Open Cloud Shell and connect to the cluster

1. Log on to the ACS console. In the left navigation pane, click Clusters.

2. On the Clusters page, find the target cluster. In the Actions column, choose More > Open Cloud Shell. Cloud Shell opens in your browser with kubectl already configured for the cluster.

3. (Optional) To persist files across sessions, click and then click Mount File Storage. By default, Cloud Shell runs as an ephemeral session: all files are deleted when the session ends. Mounting a NAS file system keeps your scripts and files available in future sessions. Select Create And Attach or Do Not Create For Now based on your needs.

4. Run the following command to verify that kubectl can reach the cluster:

   kubectl get namespace

   Expected output:

   NAME              STATUS   AGE
   default           Active   3h14m
   kube-node-lease   Active   3h14m
   kube-public       Active   3h14m
   kube-system       Active   3h14m

   All four namespaces in Active status confirm that kubectl is connected to the cluster.

What's next

• Use Cloud Shell

• Pre-installed languages and command-line tools

• Upload or download files