All Kubernetes API instructions can be found in the main Cloud API specification file.

To access the Kubernetes API, which the cluster provides, you can download the kubeconfig file and use it with tools such as kubectl.

Retrieve Kubernetes configuration files

GET https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6/k8s/{k8sClusterId}/kubeconfig

Retrieve a configuration file for the specified Kubernetes cluster, in YAML or JSON format as defined in the Accept header; the default Accept header is application/yaml.

Path Parameters

Query Parameters

Headers

{}

{
    "httpStatus": 400,
    "messages": {
        "errorCode": "123",
        "message": "Error message example."
    }
}

To set user privileges using the Cloud API for creating clusters, follow these steps:

1. Authenticate to the Cloud API using your API credentials.

2. Create a user using the POST /cloudapi/v6/um/users endpoint.

3. Set the following required parameters for the user: user's name, email address, and password.

4. Create a group using the POST /cloudapi/v6/um/groups endpoint.

5. Set createK8sCluster privilege to true.

6. Assign the user to the created group using POST /cloudapi/v6/um/groups/{groupId}/users endpoint and provide the user ID in the header.