Merge pull request #10779 from rpadovani/patch-1

Update kubectl documentation with new flags
kubernetes · Feb 11, 2021 · d725765 · d725765
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diff --git a/docs/getting_started/kubectl.md b/docs/getting_started/kubectl.md
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ NAME=<kubernetes.mydomain.com>
 kops export kubecfg ${NAME}
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-Warning: Note that the exported configuration gives you full admin privileges using TLS certificates that are not easy to rotate. For regular kubectl usage, you should consider using another method for authenticating to the cluster.
+Warning: Note that the exported configuration gives you full admin privileges using TLS certificates that are not easy to rotate. For regular kubectl usage, you should consider using another method for authenticating to the cluster.
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+If you are using kops >= 1.19.0, kops export kubecfg will also require passing either the --admin or --user flag if the context does not already exist. For more information, see the [release notes](https://kops.sigs.k8s.io/releases/1.19-notes/#changes-to-kubernetes-config-export).