sofka cannot connect to RKE2 cluster

[megabreit]

The kubeconfig is set via KUBECONFIG environment variable and contains:

apiVersion: v1
clusters:
- cluster:
    server: https://rke2-server:6443
    insecure-skip-tls-verify: true
  name: default
contexts:
- context:
    cluster: default
    user: default
  name: default
current-context: default
kind: Config
users:
- name: default
  user:
    client-certificate-data: <snip>
    client-key-data: <snip>

If I start sofka I'll get this error:

cannot connect to 'default': running API discovery: ServiceError: client error (Connect): tunnel error: unsuccessful - pick another context

BTW: It really sux, that I have to write down the error message manually here, because copy&paste in the terminal (Linux) doesn't work.

A box is giving me the choice to select either "default" and nothing else. kubectl is working fine with that setup. What else is wrong with it?

[nklmilojevic]

Thanks for the report. The error points to an HTTP proxy connection failure. I checked and I see that sofka’s Kubernetes client reads HTTPS_PROXY but does not respect NO_PROXY. This could explain why kubectl works.
Please run these commands and share the output:

sofka --version
sofka info 2>&1
env -u HTTPS_PROXY -u https_proxy sofka --check

The last command removes the HTTPS proxy settings for that run only. If it connects, this confirms that the environment proxy causes the failure.

These commands print directly to the terminal, so you can copy the output without the interactive screen. Check names and paths before sharing it.

The context picker appears after a connection failure. It lists only default because that is the only context in your kubeconfig.

[nklmilojevic]

It shouldn't be! I will check.

[nklmilojevic]

@megabreit I checked the code for v0.25.1. My earlier answer was incomplete: sofka captures mouse input in the resource table and other interactive views. This can prevent normal text selection and middle-click paste, although it does not disable the clipboard itself.

Please try holding Shift while dragging to select text, then use the terminal's Edit → Copy menu. The way to override mouse capture depends on the terminal.

You can also disable sofka's mouse capture. Add this at the top level of ~/.config/sofka/config.toml, before any [section] headers, then restart sofka:

mouse = false

This disables sofka's mouse controls and lets the terminal handle mouse selection.

YAML, describe, logs, diff, events, and help views already release mouse capture in v0.25.1. Which view has the problem, and are you using mouse selection/middle-click or keyboard copy/paste? I have not tested xfce4-terminal directly.

[megabreit]

Ah... I can click on items, lines etc. and select them. But it's not possible to mark anything with the mouse (and therefore no copy&paste possible).

[megabreit]

I just wanted to copy&paste the error message for this discussion, and it didn't work.

[megabreit]

And yes. The suggested procedure shift+mouse mark + Edit-> Copy is working. It's also working as a selection for immediate paste in another location. Thanks a lot for the prompt and great support!