Failure to access public chart: 401 Unauthorized when applying wordpress-service-composition.yaml using kubeplus-saas-provider.json

[prathameshk03]

I am trying to deploy the sample wordpress-service-composition.yaml provided in the KubePlus repository. However, I am encountering a 401 Unauthorized error when applying the YAML file using the kubeplus-saas-provider.json kubeconfig.

Environment:

• OS: Ubuntu 24.04 (WSL2)
• Minikube version: v1.36.0
• Kubernetes version: v1.33.1 (via Minikube)
• Kubectl client version: v1.33.2
• KubePlus deployment status: Running (1/1 pod available)
• Helm install: Successful

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Starting MiniKube with Docker driver

minikube start --driver=docker
kubectl create ns kubeplus

2. Deploy KubePlus using Helm (worked successfully):

cd kubeplus/deploy/kubeplus-chart
helm install kubeplus ./ -n kubeplus

3. Verify pods (KubePlus is running):

kubectl get pods -n kubeplus

4. Try applying the public chart:

kubectl create -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloud-ark/kubeplus/master/examples/multitenancy/application-hosting/wordpress/wordpress-service-composition.yaml \
  --kubeconfig=kubeplus-saas-provider.json \
  -n kubeplus \
  -v6 --validate=false

Instead of WordPress Service Composition being created successfully, I am getting the following error.
Error returned:

[{
  "kind": "Status",
  "apiVersion": "v1",
  "metadata": {},
  "status": "Failure",
  "message": "error when creating \"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cloud-ark/kubeplus/master/examples/multitenancy/application-hosting/wordpress/wordpress-service-composition.yaml\": Unauthorized",
  "reason": "Unauthorized",
  "code": 401
}]
error: You must be logged in to the server (error when creating ".../wordpress-service-composition.yaml": Unauthorized)

Additional context:
Output of kubectl describe deployment kubeplus-deployment -n kubeplus shows the pod has 5 containers (kubeconfiggenerator, crd-hook, platform-operator, consumerui, helmer) and is Running with no recent errors.

[devdattakulkarni]

Thanks for the detailed steps @prathameshk03

[devdattakulkarni]

KubePlus should not be installed without the kubeplus-saas-provider kubeconfig file.