Automation Suite: How To Enable kubectl Environment Variable In Linux Machine?

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How to enable kubectl environment variable in Linux machine while using Automation Suite?

  1. Login to one of your Automation Suite Nodes.
  2. Type ls -lrta this will show all the hidden files

  1. Edit the .bash_profile and .bashrc file one by one in vi editor, and add an entry of the export command as below:
  • export KUBECONFIG="/etc/rancher/rke2/rke2.yaml" && export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin:/var/lib/rancher/rke2/bin"
.bash_profile

.bashrc

  1. Save the file.
  2. Run the below commands which will preserve the current Shell's environment variables.

source ~/.bash_profile

source ~/.bashrc

  1. Execute kubectl commands without running the export command when a session closes.

Note: This is per profile basis, for example set in root is for root profile only. For any other profiles, mention the same in other profiles as well.