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Getting Kubernetes Service Account Token
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Retrieving a Kubernetes Service Account Token

Prerequisites: Kubernetes cluster and local kubectl configuration

  1. Look for which service account you want to use
$ kubectl -n kube-system get serviceaccount
  1. Retrieve the token name
$ TOKENNAME=`kubectl -n kube-system get serviceaccount/[INSERT SERVICE ACCOUNT NAME] -o jsonpath='{.secrets[0].name}'`
  1. Retrieve the base64 encoded token value.
$ kubectl -n kube-system get secret $TOKENNAME -o jsonpath='{.data.token}' | base64 --decode
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