A different object named already exists in your kubeconfig file

COMMAND

az aks get-credentials --resource-group <rg-name> --name <aks-cluster-name>

ERROR

A different object named <aks-cluster-name> already exists in your kubeconfig file.

SOLUTION

Add the --overwrite-existing flag to the command as presented in the example bellow:

az aks get-credentials --resource-group <rg-name> --name <aks-cluster-name> --overwrite-existing

After that you will be able to use the get-credentials command without any prompt. Very useful when you are automating routines.

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