Kubectl Io Timeout

Fixing the Error that kubectl cannot connect to GKE cluster #

Error # 

$ kubectl get pods
Unable to connect to the server: dial tcp 10.169.250.14:443: i/o timeout

Cause #

The kubeconfig does not has appropriate credentials and endpoint information to point kubectl at a specific cluster in GKE.

Solution # 

gcloud container clusters get-credentials sample-cluster --zone=us-central1-f

Reference #

https://cloud.google.com/sdk/gcloud/reference/container/clusters/get-credentials