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Try this, it’s some code I got from <@UCWG26BH7> to do exactly what you’re describing. I haven’t tested it, but it should work. I believe it’s intended to be used with our EKS component:
```// Save a kube provider for later use
kubeconfig := cluster.Kubeconfig.ApplyT(func(k interface{}) (string, error) {
	data, err := json.Marshal(k)
	if err != nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("kubeconfig is not a string")
	}
	return string(data), nil
}).(pulumi.StringOutput)

kubeProvider, err := kubernetes.NewProvider(ctx, awsCluster.Name, &amp;kubernetes.ProviderArgs{
	Kubeconfig: kubeconfig,
})```

That’s really helpful, thanks! One question though, where is `awsCluster` coming from? I see you reference `cluster` and `awsCluster`. Are they are the same cluster object being created with `newCluster`?

Yeah, that’s probably a bug. :bug:

AIUI, you should be referencing the same cluster object in both places.

Oh it may not matter since `awsCluster.Name`  is just the provider name. I can hard code that to a string. Thanks!

This may be diving a bit deep into the weeds, but when I create k8s resources with the passed provider, why can’t I pass `nil` when I’m using my local (minikube) setup?

Example:
```_, err = corev1.NewNamespace(ctx, namespace, &amp;corev1.NamespaceArgs{
		Metadata: &amp;metav1.ObjectMetaArgs{
			Name: pulumi.String("dev"),
		},
	}, pulumi.Provider(provider))```
“panic: runtime error: invalid memory address or nil pointer dereference
[signal SIGSEGV: segmentation violation code=0x1 addr=0x0 pc=0x16c4b00]”

go seems to think this is a perfectly legal statement, but maybe the library isn’t checking for nil?

That sounds like a bug, please file an issue (if you don’t mind)