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K8s docs: Manual join: add note that kubeconfig not required (#9998) 

Per Consul PM, kubeconfig is not required for manual join. I believe this should be clarified in the docs as the current wording refers to the auto join steps above which state kubeconfig is required.
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Andy Assareh 2021-05-06 11:59:25 -07:00 committed by hc-github-team-consul-core
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@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ option to expose the clients and server ports on the host IP instead.
If you are unable to use auto-join, you can also follow the instructions in If you are unable to use auto-join, you can also follow the instructions in
either of the auto-join sections but instead of using a `provider` key in the either of the auto-join sections but instead of using a `provider` key in the
`-retry-join` flag, you would need to pass the address of at least one `-retry-join` flag, you would need to pass the address of at least one
consul server, e.g: `-retry-join=$CONSUL_SERVER_IP:$SERVER_SERFLAN_PORT`. consul server, e.g: `-retry-join=$CONSUL_SERVER_IP:$SERVER_SERFLAN_PORT`. A
`kubeconfig` file is not required when using manual join.
However, rather than hardcoding the IP, it's recommended to set up a DNS entry However, rather than hardcoding the IP, it's recommended to set up a DNS entry
that would resolve to the consul servers' pod IPs (if using the pod network) or that would resolve to the consul servers' pod IPs (if using the pod network) or
host IPs that the server pods are running on (if using host ports). host IPs that the server pods are running on (if using host ports).