Connect Lens to Minikube running in WSL2

What internet suggests

Add following location to Lens > File > Preferences > Kubernetes > Kubeconfig Syncs > Sync File

\\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\rd\.kube\config

Issue

It did pick the configs but was messing up the path when trying to connect to the cluster.

Because the config had the path as /home/rd/.minikube/profiles/minikube/client.crt
and Lens was trying to use \\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\rd\.kube\home\rd\.minikube\profiles\minikube\client.crt

Fix

• Copy the content of config file in an editor.
• Change all the paths in a format of \\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\rd\.kube.... Something like below

apiVersion: v1
clusters:
- cluster:
    certificate-authority: \\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\rd\.minikube\ca.crt
    extensions:
    - extension:
        last-update: Fri, 09 Feb 2024 14:04:52 IST
        provider: minikube.sigs.k8s.io
        version: v1.30.1
      name: cluster_info
    server: https://127.0.0.1:32769
  name: minikube
contexts:
- context:
    cluster: minikube
    user: minikube
  name: minikube
current-context: minikube
kind: Config
preferences: {}
users:
- name: minikube
  user:
    client-certificate: \\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\rd\.minikube\profiles\minikube\client.crt
    client-key: \\wsl.localhost\Ubuntu\home\rd\.minikube\profiles\minikube\client.key

• Then add a new cluster in Lens using 'Add from kubeconfig' option and paste the content in the editor.
• Try to connect using the new cluster.

Tip

If you happen to delete the minikube cluster and recreate it, the config needs to be updated with the new port the new cluster is running on.

Get the new port from /home/rd/.kube/config file.

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HIH
RD