How to set multiple kubeconfigs using powershell

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The kubectl documentation says, we should use : to separate paths to multiple kubeconfig files, but it does not work in powershell:

> $env:KUBECONFIG="C:\Users\me\.kube\staging-config:C:\Users\me\.kube\demo-k8s-config"
> kubectl config get-contexts
error: error loading config file "C:\Users\me\.kube\staging-config:C:\Users\me\.kube\demo-k8s-config": open C:\Users\dturanme.kube\staging-config:C:\Users\me\.kube\demo-k8s-config: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

I've tried with newline separator as well.

Veera Nagireddy · Accepted Answer · 2025-03-14 23:57:24Z

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You are correct ( : ) does not work in powershell to separate paths to multiple kubeconfig files instead it uses semicolon ( ; ) to separate paths.

For Example:

$env:KUBECONFIG="C:\Users\me\.kube\staging-config;C:\Users\me\.kube\demo-k8s-config"

In Powershell, the colon ( : ) is used to separate the drive letter from the rest of the path.

Refer to the official kubernetes document on Set the KUBECONFIG environment variable for more information.

edited Mar 14 at 23:57

Veera Nagireddy

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