Finding the kubeconfig file being used
Question: But is there a way to get the kubeconfig path/file details from the kubectl which one being currently used?
Yes, you can run any kubectl command with verbose level 6+ to see the kubeconfig in use.
kubectl get pod -v6 I0629 04:48:25.050954 14444 loader.go:379] Config loaded from file: /home/ps/.kube/configI0629 04:48:25.146072 14444 round_trippers.go:445] GET https://kubemaster:6443/api/v1/namespaces/default/pods?limit=500 200 OK in 10 millisecondsNo resources found in default namespace.Few examples demonstrating the same:
kubectl get pod -v6 2>&1 |awk '/Config loaded from file:/{print $NF}'/home/ps/.kube/configChanged thekubeconfig to /tmp/config
export KUBECONFIG=/tmp/config kubectl get pod -v6 2>&1 |awk '/Config loaded from file:/{print $NF}'/tmp/configRemove the awk command to see the whole output.
Windows output:
