Kubeconfig is a small YAML file that incorporates either the combination of a username and password, or a secure token to provide access to and authentication for the cluster. When this file is interpreted programmatically, it temporarily eliminates the need for the Kubernetes client to seek a medium for interactive authentication. It creates information about a cluster, its users, related namespaces, and provides an authentication mechanism.
In this section, we provide an auto$ file itself, explain how to [download the kubeconfig file](/kubernetes/kubeconfig-and-clients-download-kubeconfig-from-ui#download the kubeconfig file), and auto$.
