# withKindClusterReference

- Module: [CommunityToolkit.Aspire.Hosting.Kind](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.kind.md)
- Version: `13.5.1-beta.736`
- Kind: `method`
- Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/CommunityToolkit/Aspire/tree/3ebe72753ae604ec3c9e343865740e6f8512e1b6)

Configures a non-container resource to reference the Kind cluster by injecting kubeconfig environment variables.

## Definition

```typescript
interface ContainerResource {
  // ... omitted for brevity
  withKindClusterReference(kind: KindClusterResource): IResourceWithEnvironment
}
```

## Parameters

- `kind` ([KindClusterResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.kind/kindclusterresource.md))

## Returns

`IResourceWithEnvironment` `builder`

## Applies to

- [ContainerResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.kind/containerresource.md)
- [ExecutableResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.kind/executableresource.md)
- [ProjectResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.kind/projectresource.md)
- [DotnetToolResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.kind/dotnettoolresource.md)
- [CSharpAppResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.kind/csharpappresource.md)
- [KubernetesAspireDashboardResource](/reference/api/typescript/communitytoolkit.aspire.hosting.kind/kubernetesaspiredashboardresource.md)