# Authenticate against GKE without gcloud

DevFeed: [Authenticate against GKE without gcloud](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/authenticate-against-gke-without-gcloud-29734.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/kubectl-gke/>)

Author: info@goteleport.com (Emanuele Calo)

Published: 2018-10-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [Kubernetes clusters](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes-clusters.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kubernetes.md>), [CI/CD](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cicd.md>)

Tags: [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [ci-cd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ci-cd.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [gke](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gke.md>), [kubernetes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/kubernetes.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial explaining how to authenticate to Kubernetes clusters running on Google Kubernetes Engine without installing gcloud. It presents a Kubernetes-native, non-interactive approach using the CSR API and a certificate for CI/CD and infrastructure automation.

## Source excerpt

GKE requires Google Cloud Tools to be installed. This post shows how to authenticate with GKE using a generic kubeconfig without needing to install gcloud.