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dexter — Authenticate the `kubectl` users with OpenId Connect. More information: <https://github.com/gini/dex

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Problem

How to use the dexter command: Authenticate the kubectl users with OpenId Connect. More information: <https://github.com/gini/dexter#run-dexter>.

Solution

dexter — Authenticate the kubectl users with OpenId Connect. More information: <https://github.com/gini/dexter#run-dexter>.

Create and authenticate a user with Google OIDC:

dexter auth {{[-i|--client-id]}} {{client_id}} {{[-s|--client-secret]}} {{client_secret}}

Override the default kube configuration file location:

dexter auth {{[-i|--client-id]}} {{client_id}} {{[-s|--client-secret]}} {{client_secret}} {{[-k|--kube-config]}} {{sample/config}}

Code Snippets

Create and authenticate a user with Google OIDC

dexter auth {{[-i|--client-id]}} {{client_id}} {{[-s|--client-secret]}} {{client_secret}}

Override the default kube configuration file location

dexter auth {{[-i|--client-id]}} {{client_id}} {{[-s|--client-secret]}} {{client_secret}} {{[-k|--kube-config]}} {{sample/config}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/dexter

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