gardenctl doesn't set kubeconfig

[hovali]

What happened:
There is connection to garden instrustion: https://gardener.cloud/docs/dashboard/connect-kubectl/

kubectl get namespaces command tries ping local instead of remote connection.

What you expected to happen:
kubectl get namespaces command shows correct output with remote urls.

How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible):

1. Install everything mentioned in the Tools section in the instruction above (kubectl, kubelogin, gardenlogin, gardenctl).
2. Need to download 2 kubeconfigs - one from My Account section of gardner and the kubeconfig-gardenlogin.
3. Run the below command: gardenctl config set-garden <sap-landscape> --kubeconfig "<path-to-garden-is-kubeconfig>".
4. Use export KUBECONFIG=<path-to-gardenlogin--is-kubeconfig>.
5. Run the below command: kubectl get namespaces

Anything else we need to know:

Environment:
kubelogin version v1.31.0,
kubectl version: v1.28.2,
gardenlogin version: version.Info{Major:"0", Minor:"6", GitVersion:"v0.6.0", GitCommit:"8b9d37b6f68f79f3a34fd1dbd205bb5a518c4632", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2024-11-12T17:37:05+00:00", GoVersion:"go1.23.2", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"windows/amd64"},
gardenctl version: version.Info{Major:"2", Minor:"9", GitVersion:"v2.9.0", GitCommit:"4475a8e8e64952743803c79d16784191ed0764c3", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2024-10-23T13:42:12+00:00", GoVersion:"go1.23.2", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"windows/amd64"},
cygwin,
windows 11

[petersutter]

Sorry for the late reply.

1. In step 3, verify that the kubeconfig you set is actually for the garden cluster (the one you downloaded from the My Account page).
2. Set the KUBECONFIG environment variable to point to the gardenlogin kubeconfig that you downloaded for your shoot cluster. Alternatively, instead of manually downloading the gardenlogin kubeconfig, you can let gardenctl do it by targeting the respective shoot cluster.
3. Double-check the output of kubectl config view --minify to ensure that it is indeed the gardenlogin kubeconfig for your shoot cluster.