<p>OS: Mac OS 10.13.6  Terminal</p>

<p>Kubectl for Remote Access</p>

<p>When I execute the command with "--insecure-skip-tls-verify" it works fine.  </p>

<pre><code>dev-env at balabimac in ~/kthw
$ kubectl --insecure-skip-tls-verify --context=kubernetes-me get pods
No resources found.
dev-env at balabimac in ~/kthw
$ kubectl --insecure-skip-tls-verify --context=kubernetes-me get nodes
NAME                        STATUS     ROLES    AGE   VERSION
balab29123.mylabserver.com   NotReady   &lt;none&gt;   4h    v1.10.2
balab29124.mylabserver.com   NotReady   &lt;none&gt;   4h    v1.10.2
dev-env at balabimac in ~/kthw
$ kubectl --insecure-skip-tls-verify --context=kubernetes-me version
Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"12", GitVersion:"v1.12.0", GitCommit:"0ed33881dc4355495f623c6f22e7dd0b7632b7c0", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2018-09-28T15:20:58Z", GoVersion:"go1.11", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"darwin/amd64"}
Server Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"10", GitVersion:"v1.10.2", GitCommit:"81753b10df112992bf51bbc2c2f85208aad78335", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2018-04-27T09:10:24Z", GoVersion:"go1.9.3", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}
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<p>But I am unable to access using the below command, I am stuck.</p>

<pre><code>dev-env at balabimac in ~/kthw
$ kubectl config use-context kubernetes-me
Switched to context "kubernetes-me".
dev-env at balabimac in ~/kthw
$ kubectl get pods
Unable to connect to the server: x509: certificate is valid for balab29121.mylabserver.com, balab29122.mylabserver.com, balab29126.mylabserver.com, 127.0.0.1.localhost, kubernetes.default, not localhost
dev-env at balabimac in ~/kthw
$ kubectl get nodes
Unable to connect to the server: x509: certificate is valid for balab29121.mylabserver.com, balab29122.mylabserver.com, balab29126.mylabserver.com, 127.0.0.1.localhost, kubernetes.default, not localhost
dev-env at balabimac in ~/kthw
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<p>It looks like when you generated the kubernetes API server certificate, you put <strong>127.0.0.1.localhost</strong> instead of <strong>127.0.0.1,localhost</strong> . Just a small typo, but as a result the cert is not properly signed for localhost, which will lead to this error when you are trying to connect. Re-generate the Kube API server cert with the correct values. Then copy the cert files to your control nodes and put the files in the correct place, replacing the old files.</p>

<pre><code>dev-env at balabimac in ~/kthw 
$ kubectl get pods Unable to connect to the server: x509: certificate is valid for balab29121.mylabserver.com, balab29122.mylabserver.com, balab29126.mylabserver.com, **127.0.0.1.localhost**, kubernetes.default, not localhost
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