# Can't launch kubectl shell

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/cant-launch-kubectl-shell/13641>\
**Category:** SUSE Rancher Prime\
**Created:** [March 14, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cant-launch-kubectl-shell/13641 "2019-03-14T18:15:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![mazeslav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/db5fbb/32.png) [@mazeslav](https://forums.suse.com/u/mazeslav)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/cant-launch-kubectl-shell/13641/1 "2019-03-14T18:15:35Z")

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Hi all.  
I have an issue with launching kubectl shell. I’ve installed Rancher HA cluster with v.2.1.6 and create one custom cluster. For now I have two clusters: local and test. At test cluster I have 1 node with etcd and controlplane roles and 4 worker nodes. At local cluster each node has all roles. I can’t launch kubectl shell from `test` cluster in UI. It holds in `connecting...` status. If i’m trying to use url which shell uses to connect directly in browser I’m getting:  
{

- “baseType”: “error”,
- “code”: “NotFound”,
- “message”: “failed to find kubectl pod”,
- “status”: 404,
- “type”: “error”  
}  
With `local` cluster shell works fine. So my question is-what i need to do that shell was started?  
thanks in advance