Adding Service Account Authentication Token to Kubeconfig file Why do we need this ? When you set up the kubeconfig file for a cluster, by default, it contains an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, CLI command to generate a short-lived, cluster-scoped, user-specific authentication token. The authentication token generated by the CLI command is appropriate to authenticate individual users accessing the cluster using kubectl and the Kubernetes Dashboard. However, the generated authentication token is not appropriate to authenticate processes and tools accessing the cluster, such as continuous integration and continuous delivery tools The authentication token generated by the CLI command is appropriate to authenticate individual users accessing the cluster using kubectl and the Kubernetes Dashboard. However, the generated authentication token is not appropriate to authenticate processes and tools accessing the cluster, such as continuous integration and continuous delivery tools.