kubernetes/kops · error

error building kops API client: %v

Error message

error building kops API client: %v

What it means

Wraps a failure of kopsclient.NewForConfig in Factory.KopsClient for a k8s:// state store: the Kubernetes API client for the kOps API could not be constructed from the loaded kubeconfig (auth or server configuration problem).

Source

Thrown at cmd/kops/util/factory.go:129

			if registryPath == "k8s://" {
			} else {
				u, err := url.Parse(registryPath)
				if err != nil {
					return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid kops server url: %q", registryPath)
				}
				configOverrides.CurrentContext = u.Host
			}

			kubeConfig := clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(loadingRules, configOverrides)
			config, err := kubeConfig.ClientConfig()
			if err != nil {
				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error loading kubeconfig for %q", registryPath)
			}

			kopsClient, err := kopsclient.NewForConfig(config)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error building kops API client: %v", err)
			}

			f.clientset = api.NewRESTClientset(
				f.VFSContext(),
				&url.URL{
					Scheme: "k8s",
				},
				kopsClient.Kops(),
			)
		} else {
			basePath, err := f.VFSContext().BuildVfsPath(registryPath)
			if err != nil {
				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error building path for %q: %v", registryPath, err)
			}

			if !vfs.IsClusterReadable(basePath) {
				return nil, field.Invalid(field.NewPath("State Store"), registryPath, INVALID_STATE_ERROR)
			}

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

Solutions

1. Check kubeconfig credentials for the kOps API server
2. Verify the API server URL and CA data
3. Regenerate the kubeconfig entry

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cmd/kops/util/factory.go:129 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of kubernetes/kops@4c8573c808 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/44270ed739fbc6de. Report an issue: GitHub.