diff --git a/ansible/roles/kubectl/defaults/main.yml b/ansible/roles/kubectl/defaults/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78c15c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/kubectl/defaults/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+kubectl_bin_dir: /usr/local/bin
+kube_directory: ~/.kube
+# Defaulting to rancher setup
+kube_server: "https://{{ ansible_host }}:8080/r/projects/{{ k8s_env_id | mandatory }}/kubernetes:6443"
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diff --git a/ansible/roles/kubectl/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/kubectl/tasks/main.yml
index 7c77c3c..9ecb5c4 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/kubectl/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/kubectl/tasks/main.yml
@@ -5,3 +5,13 @@
     dest: "{{ kubectl_bin_dir }}/kubectl"
     remote_src: true
     mode: 0755
+
+- name: Ensure .kube directory exists
+  file:
+    path: "{{ kube_directory }}"
+    state: directory
+
+- name: Create kube config
+  template:
+    src: kube_config.j2
+    dest: "{{ kube_directory }}/config"
diff --git a/ansible/roles/kubectl/templates/kube_config.j2 b/ansible/roles/kubectl/templates/kube_config.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..586c59d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible/roles/kubectl/templates/kube_config.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Config
+clusters:
+- cluster:
+    api-version: v1
+    insecure-skip-tls-verify: true
+    server: "{{ kube_server }}"
+  name: "{{ app_name }}"
+contexts:
+- context:
+    cluster: "{{ app_name }}"
+    user: "{{ app_name }}"
+  name: "{{ app_name }}"
+current-context: "{{ app_name }}"
+users:
+- name: "{{ app_name }}"
+  user:
+    token: "{{ (['Basic', [key_public, key_private] | join(':') | b64encode] | join(' ')) | b64encode }}"
+