# Point to the internal API server hostname APISERVER= `

Path to ServiceAccount token

SERVICEACCOUNT=/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount

Read this Pod's namespace

NAMESPACE=$(cat ${SERVICEACCOUNT}/namespace)

Read the ServiceAccount bearer token

TOKEN=$(cat ${SERVICEACCOUNT}/token)

Reference the internal certificate authority (CA)

CACERT=${SERVICEACCOUNT}/ca.crt

Explore the API with TOKEN

curl --cacert ${CACERT} --header "Authorization: Bearer ${TOKEN}" -X GET ${APISERVER}/api `