Development

Prerequisites

System Dependencies

kubelogin uses secure token storage that requires platform-specific libraries:

Linux (Ubuntu/Debian)

sudo apt update
sudo apt install libsecret-1-0 libsecret-1-dev

Linux (CentOS/RHEL/Fedora)

# CentOS/RHEL
sudo yum install libsecret-devel

# Fedora
sudo dnf install libsecret-devel

macOS

No additional dependencies required (uses Keychain)

Windows

No additional dependencies required (uses Windows Credential Manager)

Go Dependencies

Go 1.23 or later
Make

Building

make build

Testing

make test

Note: Tests require the system dependencies listed above. If you encounter errors related to libsecret-1.so or “encrypted storage isn’t possible”, ensure the libsecret library is installed.

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