From d6382db8a6ad9fa79c12d8abf055fb28a1a0a04d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Volkmann <robert.volkmann@uhurutec.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2025 22:57:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Expose --kubeconfig option for k8s_kind

---
 docs/manual/kinds/k8s-kind.md | 2 ++
 nodes/k8s_kind/k8s_kind.go    | 6 ++++++
 types/types.go                | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/docs/manual/kinds/k8s-kind.md b/docs/manual/kinds/k8s-kind.md
index 198d0c5784..0c7f638536 100644
--- a/docs/manual/kinds/k8s-kind.md
+++ b/docs/manual/kinds/k8s-kind.md
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ topology:
       extras:
         k8s_kind:
           deploy:
+            # Corresponds to --kubeconfig option.
+            kubeconfig: ./kubeconfig
             # Corresponds to --wait option. Wait given duration until the cluster becomes ready.
             wait: 0s
 ```
diff --git a/nodes/k8s_kind/k8s_kind.go b/nodes/k8s_kind/k8s_kind.go
index f19fbe74dd..c9b8c4f24e 100644
--- a/nodes/k8s_kind/k8s_kind.go
+++ b/nodes/k8s_kind/k8s_kind.go
@@ -95,6 +95,12 @@ func (n *k8s_kind) Deploy(_ context.Context, _ *clabnodes.DeployParams) error {
 		n.Cfg.Extras.K8sKind.Deploy != nil {
 		opts := n.Cfg.Extras.K8sKind.Deploy
 
+		// Sets the explicit --kubeconfig path
+		if opts.KubeconfigPath != nil {
+			clusterCreateOptions = append(clusterCreateOptions,
+				cluster.CreateWithKubeconfigPath(*opts.KubeconfigPath))
+		}
+
 		// Override the default wait duration
 		if opts.Wait != nil {
 			duration, err := time.ParseDuration(*opts.Wait)
diff --git a/types/types.go b/types/types.go
index a971ef8708..0d1d7f8695 100644
--- a/types/types.go
+++ b/types/types.go
@@ -265,7 +265,8 @@ type K8sKindExtras struct {
 // It is aligned with the `kind create cluster` command options, but exposes
 // only the ones that are relevant for containerlab.
 type K8sKindDeployExtras struct {
-	Wait *string `yaml:"wait,omitempty"`
+	KubeconfigPath *string `yaml:"kubeconfig,omitempty"`
+	Wait           *string `yaml:"wait,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ContainerDetails contains information that is commonly outputted to tables or graphs.