Rewording of paragraph about provideClusterInfo key

Signed-off-by: Margo Crawford <margaretc@vmware.com>
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Margo Crawford
2021-01-08 16:38:51 -08:00
parent 28b393032b
commit 5accf8f128
@@ -1004,14 +1004,13 @@ RFC3339 timestamp. Presence or absence of an expiry has the following impact:
} }
} }
``` ```
To provide the plugin with information about the cluster for which it is
The plugin can optionally be called with an environment variable, `KUBERNETES_EXEC_INFO`, obtaining credentials, the `provideClusterInfo` field can be set on the exec user
that contains information about the cluster for which this plugin is obtaining field in the [kubeconfig](/docs/concepts/configuration/organize-cluster-access-kubeconfig/).
credentials. This information can be used to perform cluster-specific credential The plugin will then be supplied with an environment variable, `KUBERNETES_EXEC_INFO`.
acquisition logic. In order to enable this behavior, the `provideClusterInfo` field must Information from this environment variable can be used to perform cluster-specific
be set on the exec user field in the credential acquisition logic. Here is an example of the aforementioned
[kubeconfig](/docs/concepts/configuration/organize-cluster-access-kubeconfig/). Here is an `KUBERNETES_EXEC_INFO` environment variable.
example of the aforementioned `KUBERNETES_EXEC_INFO` environment variable.
```json ```json
{ {