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# credentials
# `prefect_kubernetes.credentials`
Module for defining Kubernetes credential handling and client generation.
## Classes
### `KubernetesClusterConfig`
Stores configuration for interaction with Kubernetes clusters.
See `from_file` for creation.
**Attributes:**
* `config`: The entire loaded YAML contents of a kubectl config file
* `context_name`: The name of the kubectl context to use
**Methods:**
#### `configure_client`
```python theme={null}
configure_client(self) -> None
```
Activates this cluster configuration by loading the configuration into the
Kubernetes Python client. After calling this, Kubernetes API clients can use
this config's context.
#### `from_file`
```python theme={null}
from_file(cls: Type[Self], path: Optional[Path] = None, context_name: Optional[str] = None) -> Self
```
Create a cluster config from the a Kubernetes config file.
By default, the current context in the default Kubernetes config file will be
used.
An alternative file or context may be specified.
The entire config file will be loaded and stored.
#### `get_api_client`
```python theme={null}
get_api_client(self) -> 'ApiClient'
```
Returns a Kubernetes API client for this cluster config.
#### `parse_yaml_config`
```python theme={null}
parse_yaml_config(cls, value)
```
### `KubernetesCredentials`
Credentials block for generating configured Kubernetes API clients.
**Attributes:**
* `cluster_config`: A `KubernetesClusterConfig` block holding a JSON kube
config for a specific kubernetes context.
**Methods:**
#### `get_client`
```python theme={null}
get_client(self, client_type: Literal['apps', 'batch', 'core', 'custom_objects'], configuration: Optional[Configuration] = None) -> AsyncGenerator[KubernetesClient, None]
```
Convenience method for retrieving a Kubernetes API client for deployment resources.
**Args:**
* `client_type`: The resource-specific type of Kubernetes client to retrieve.
#### `get_resource_specific_client`
```python theme={null}
get_resource_specific_client(self, client_type: str, api_client: ApiClient) -> Union[AppsV1Api, BatchV1Api, CoreV1Api]
```
Utility function for configuring a generic Kubernetes client.
It will attempt to connect to a Kubernetes cluster in three steps with
the first successful connection attempt becoming the mode of communication with
a cluster:
1. It will first attempt to use a `KubernetesCredentials` block's
`cluster_config` to configure a client using
`KubernetesClusterConfig.configure_client`.
2. Attempt in-cluster connection (will only work when running on a pod).
3. Attempt out-of-cluster connection using the default location for a
kube config file.
**Args:**
* `client_type`: The Kubernetes API client type for interacting with specific
Kubernetes resources.
**Returns:**
* An authenticated, resource-specific Kubernetes Client.
**Raises:**
* `ValueError`: If `client_type` is not a valid Kubernetes API client type.