Your cluster's admin credentials come as a kubeconfig file, downloaded from the Cluster access card on the service page.
- Open your Kubernetes service from “My products”.
- Find the Cluster access card and download the kubeconfig.
- Point kubectl at it — either save it as ~/.kube/config, or run kubectl with --kubeconfig=/path/to/the/file.
- Check it works: kubectl get nodes
Treat the kubeconfig like a password — anyone holding it can administer your cluster. We fetch it live from the cluster each time you download it and keep no copy of our own, so store it somewhere safe.
We run the control plane for you: it's patched and upgraded on your behalf, node pools autoscale within the range on your plan, and from the Scale plan the control plane is highly available. What you deploy on top is yours.