---
title: "POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.RedHatOpenShift/hcpOpenShiftClusters/{hcpOpenShiftClusterName}/requestAdminCredential"
method: POST
path: "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.RedHatOpenShift/hcpOpenShiftClusters/{hcpOpenShiftClusterName}/requestAdminCredential"
tags: ["HcpOpenShiftClusters"]
---

# POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.RedHatOpenShift/hcpOpenShiftClusters/{hcpOpenShiftClusterName}/requestAdminCredential

`POST /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.RedHatOpenShift/hcpOpenShiftClusters/{hcpOpenShiftClusterName}/requestAdminCredential`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://management.azure.com`
- URL: `https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.RedHatOpenShift/hcpOpenShiftClusters/{hcpOpenShiftClusterName}/requestAdminCredential`
- Auth: OAuth 2
  - Implicit: `https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize`
  - Scopes: `user_impersonation`

Request a temporary admin kubeconfig for the cluster

## Path parameters

- `hcpOpenShiftClusterName` string, required

## Parameters

- `../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/components/parameters/ApiVersionParameter` (unresolved $ref)
- `../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/components/parameters/SubscriptionIdParameter` (unresolved $ref)
- `../../../../../../common-types/resource-management/v6/types.json#/components/parameters/ResourceGroupNameParameter` (unresolved $ref)

## Response `200`

Azure operation completed successfully.

- HcpOpenShiftClusterAdminCredential: HCP cluster admin credential
  - `kubeconfig` string, password, required: Admin kubeconfig with a temporary client certificate
  - `expirationTimestamp` string, date-time, required: Expiration timestamp for the kubeconfig's client certificate

## Other responses

- `202`: Resource operation accepted.
- `default`: An unexpected error response.

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