if err := clientcmd.Validate(*kubeconfig); err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid kubeconfig: %v", err)
	}

	// Encode the Kubeconfig in a secret that can be loaded by Istio to dynamically discover and access the remote cluster.
	return createRemoteServiceAccountSecret(kubeconfig, clusterName, secName)
}

var (