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Explore new Azure Cluster

Learn to interact with your Kubernetes cluster

This guide explains how to use the command line to interact with your newly deployed Kubernetes cluster.

Before you start, make sure you have created a workload cluster, as described in Create a New Cluster.

Explore the new Kubernetes cluster

  1. Get a kubeconfig file for the workload cluster:

    When the workload cluster is created, the cluster lifecycle services generate a kubeconfig file for the workload cluster, and write it to a Secret. The kubeconfig file is scoped to the cluster administrator.

    Get the kubeconfig from the Secret, and write it to a file, using this command:

    CODE
    dkp get kubeconfig -c ${CLUSTER_NAME} > ${CLUSTER_NAME}.conf

  2. List the Nodes using this command:

    CODE
    kubectl --kubeconfig=${CLUSTER_NAME}.conf get nodes
    CODE
    NAME                                STATUS   ROLES                  AGE     VERSION
    azure-example-control-plane-7ffnl   Ready    control-plane,master   6m18s   v1.25.4
    azure-example-control-plane-l4bv8   Ready    control-plane,master   14m     v1.25.4
    azure-example-control-plane-n4g4l   Ready    control-plane,master   18m     v1.25.4
    azure-example-md-0-mpctb            Ready    <none>                 15m     v1.25.4
    azure-example-md-0-qglp9            Ready    <none>                 15m     v1.25.4
    azure-example-md-0-sgrd6            Ready    <none>                 16m     v1.25.4
    azure-example-md-0-wzbkl            Ready    <none>                 16m     v1.25.4


NOTE: It may take a few minutes for the Status to move to Ready while the Pod network is deployed. The Nodes’ Status should change to Ready soon after the calico-node DaemonSet Pods are Ready.

3. List the Pods using this command:

CODE
kubectl --kubeconfig=${CLUSTER_NAME}.conf get --all-namespaces pods

CODE
NAMESPACE                           NAME                                                             READY   STATUS    RESTARTS      AGE
calico-system                       calico-kube-controllers-57fbd7bd59-v4tss                         1/1     Running   0             19m
calico-system                       calico-node-59llv                                                1/1     Running   0             17m
calico-system                       calico-node-7t7wj                                                1/1     Running   0             16m
calico-system                       calico-node-pf8q8                                                1/1     Running   0             17m
calico-system                       calico-node-sh2b7                                                1/1     Running   0             8m17s
calico-system                       calico-node-tmxl5                                                1/1     Running   0             19m
calico-system                       calico-node-vt5fh                                                1/1     Running   0             18m
calico-system                       calico-node-whfs8                                                1/1     Running   0             18m
calico-system                       calico-typha-797c9666d5-5w99r                                    1/1     Running   0             19m
calico-system                       calico-typha-797c9666d5-hj6mj                                    1/1     Running   0             18m
calico-system                       calico-typha-797c9666d5-s7rc6                                    1/1     Running   0             17m
capa-system                         capa-controller-manager-74fffb5676-ch6xd                         1/1     Running   0             11m
capi-kubeadm-bootstrap-system       capi-kubeadm-bootstrap-controller-manager-867759cc67-vg4lh       1/1     Running   0             15m
capi-kubeadm-control-plane-system   capi-kubeadm-control-plane-controller-manager-5df55579c4-pc8x9   1/1     Running   1 (11m ago)   15m
capi-system                         capi-controller-manager-79cc58bf5f-xsp9t                         1/1     Running   0             15m
cappp-system                        cappp-controller-manager-85b5c77497-8ss8r                        1/1     Running   0             14m
capv-system                         capv-controller-manager-7bf4d8b66-6x2mx                          1/1     Running   0             14m
capz-system                         capz-controller-manager-5d4c6468bf-wfhcc                         1/1     Running   0             14m
capz-system                         capz-nmi-2cbrg                                                   1/1     Running   0             14m
capz-system                         capz-nmi-8dllm                                                   1/1     Running   0             14m
capz-system                         capz-nmi-95dfk                                                   1/1     Running   0             14m
capz-system                         capz-nmi-rtnd4                                                   1/1     Running   0             14m
cert-manager                        cert-manager-848f547974-gjc5p                                    1/1     Running   1 (10m ago)   15m
cert-manager                        cert-manager-cainjector-54f4cc6b5-rnh4f                          1/1     Running   0             15m
cert-manager                        cert-manager-webhook-7c9588c76-rn2sd                             1/1     Running   0             15m
kube-system                         cluster-autoscaler-68c759fbf6-6vg5r                              1/1     Running   1 (11m ago)   20m
kube-system                         coredns-78fcd69978-6gx44                                         1/1     Running   0             20m
kube-system                         coredns-78fcd69978-gr5q7                                         1/1     Running   0             20m
kube-system                         csi-azuredisk-controller-c8fb44c8b-jhmfz                         6/6     Running   5 (11m ago)   20m
kube-system                         csi-azuredisk-controller-c8fb44c8b-lpbbs                         6/6     Running   0             20m
kube-system                         csi-azuredisk-node-2g7vw                                         3/3     Running   0             8m17s
kube-system                         csi-azuredisk-node-6rdqc                                         3/3     Running   0             18m
kube-system                         csi-azuredisk-node-99c6q                                         3/3     Running   0             17m
kube-system                         csi-azuredisk-node-9b4ms                                         3/3     Running   0             17m
kube-system                         csi-azuredisk-node-mz5pr                                         3/3     Running   0             18m
kube-system                         csi-azuredisk-node-r2t99                                         3/3     Running   0             16m
kube-system                         csi-azuredisk-node-t7gfs                                         3/3     Running   0             20m
kube-system                         etcd-azure-example-control-plane-7ffnl                           1/1     Running   0             8m15s
kube-system                         etcd-azure-example-control-plane-l4bv8                           1/1     Running   0             16m
kube-system                         etcd-azure-example-control-plane-n4g4l                           1/1     Running   0             19m
kube-system                         kube-apiserver-azure-example-control-plane-7ffnl                 1/1     Running   0             8m16s
kube-system                         kube-apiserver-azure-example-control-plane-l4bv8                 1/1     Running   0             16m
kube-system                         kube-apiserver-azure-example-control-plane-n4g4l                 1/1     Running   0             19m
kube-system                         kube-controller-manager-azure-example-control-plane-7ffnl        1/1     Running   0             8m17s
kube-system                         kube-controller-manager-azure-example-control-plane-l4bv8        1/1     Running   0             16m
kube-system                         kube-controller-manager-azure-example-control-plane-n4g4l        1/1     Running   1 (17m ago)   19m
kube-system                         kube-proxy-82zdl                                                 1/1     Running   0             8m17s
kube-system                         kube-proxy-fd9f9                                                 1/1     Running   0             18m
kube-system                         kube-proxy-l6lgc                                                 1/1     Running   0             17m
kube-system                         kube-proxy-lzswh                                                 1/1     Running   0             16m
kube-system                         kube-proxy-ndfmt                                                 1/1     Running   0             20m
kube-system                         kube-proxy-nxlp9                                                 1/1     Running   0             18m
kube-system                         kube-proxy-v9sxp                                                 1/1     Running   0             17m
kube-system                         kube-scheduler-azure-example-control-plane-7ffnl                 1/1     Running   0             8m16s
kube-system                         kube-scheduler-azure-example-control-plane-l4bv8                 1/1     Running   0             16m
kube-system                         kube-scheduler-azure-example-control-plane-n4g4l                 1/1     Running   1 (17m ago)   19m
node-feature-discovery              node-feature-discovery-master-84c67dcbb6-d2gm7                   1/1     Running   0             20m
node-feature-discovery              node-feature-discovery-worker-drgf6                              1/1     Running   0             17m
node-feature-discovery              node-feature-discovery-worker-hcz6k                              1/1     Running   0             17m
node-feature-discovery              node-feature-discovery-worker-pgbcd                              1/1     Running   0             16m
node-feature-discovery              node-feature-discovery-worker-vhj96                              1/1     Running   0             16m
tigera-operator                     tigera-operator-d499f5c8f-jnj8b                                  1/1     Running   1 (18m ago)   19m
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