diff --git a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go index 6d23dc92568..17ca7d43202 100644 --- a/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go +++ b/cmd/kubelet/app/server.go @@ -466,6 +466,8 @@ func run(s *options.KubeletServer, kubeDeps *kubelet.KubeletDeps) (err error) { } else { if s.RequireKubeConfig { return fmt.Errorf("invalid kubeconfig: %v", err) + } else if s.KubeConfig.Provided() && !standaloneMode { + glog.Warningf("Invalid kubeconfig: %v", err) } if standaloneMode { glog.Warningf("No API client: %v", err)