How-To Run Calicoctl Commands

Problem

When you try running calicoctl commands from the master nodes, the following error is observed.

$ /opt/pf9/pf9-kube/bin/calicoctl get nodes

Failed to create Calico API client: invalid configuration: no configuration has been provided, try setting KUBERNETES_MASTER environment variable

Environment

• Platform9 Managed Kubernetes - All versions.
• Calico

Procedure

1. Log in to a master node and export the following environment variables.

$ export CALICO_DATASTORE_TYPE=kubernetes

$ export KUBECONFIG=/etc/pf9/kube.d/kubeconfigs/admin.yaml

2. Run the calicoctl commands.

$ /opt/pf9/pf9-kube/bin/calicoctl get nodes

NAME

172.20.4.215

172.20.4.220

172.20.4.251