config.load_incluster_config() while developing

[agardnerIT]

Hi all,
I'm writing an Operator with kopf (kopf is incredible btw!). I want to develop locally using kopf run my-operator.py AND then package that file for use in_cluster.

Obviously, using "live" (in cluster), I need:

config.load_incluster_config()

But that errors when I run locally.

Has anyone come up with a solution?

Edit: I must be tired. A try / except of course:

    try:
        configuration = config.load_incluster_config()   
    except Exception:
        logger.info("Cannot load config from within cluster. Loading local config. This is OK if you are a developer.")
        configuation = config.load_config()

[nolar]

Depends on what you are trying to authenticate — Kopf itself or your own client object. If the latter, it is better to address this question to that library's communities.

If the former, Kopf already authenticates with in-cluster/local configs if either the official client or pykube-ng are installed, i.e. it works "out of the box" in both environments:

• Docs: https://kopf.readthedocs.io/en/stable/authentication/#piggybacking
• Official client auth:

  kopf/kopf/_core/intents/piggybacking.py

  Line 50 in 538df59

  def login_via_client(

• Pykube-ng auth:

  kopf/kopf/_core/intents/piggybacking.py

  Line 105 in 538df59

  def login_via_pykube(