Kubernetes url is set to: https://servername.a.b:8443/

User is set to: user1

in the Openshift username and password credential type

Test Connection is successful

Error in logs:

Failed to count the # of live instances on Kubernetes
io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClientException: Failure executing: GET at: https://servername.a.b:8443/api/v1/namespaces/[projectname]/pods?labelSelector=jenkins%3Dslave. Message: Forbidden! User user1/servername-a-b:8443 doesn't have permission. User "user1" cannot list pods in project "projectname".
at io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.OperationSupport.requestFailure(OperationSupport.java:470)
at io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.OperationSupport.assertResponseCode(OperationSupport.java:407)
at io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.OperationSupport.handleResponse(OperationSupport.java:379)
at io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.OperationSupport.handleResponse(OperationSupport.java:343)
at io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.OperationSupport.handleResponse(OperationSupport.java:327)
at io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.BaseOperation.list(BaseOperation.java:605)
at io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.BaseOperation.list(BaseOperation.java:70)
at org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.KubernetesCloud.addProvisionedSlave(KubernetesCloud.java:422)
at org.csanchez.jenkins.plugins.kubernetes.KubernetesCloud.provision(KubernetesCloud.java:375)
at hudson.slaves.NodeProvisioner$StandardStrategyImpl.apply(NodeProvisioner.java:714)
at hudson.slaves.NodeProvisioner.update(NodeProvisioner.java:320)
at hudson.slaves.NodeProvisioner.access$000(NodeProvisioner.java:61)
at hudson.slaves.NodeProvisioner$NodeProvisionerInvoker.doRun(NodeProvisioner.java:809)
at hudson.triggers.SafeTimerTask.run(SafeTimerTask.java:50)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:511)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(FutureTask.java:308)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:180)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:294)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748)

 User does have access to list pods, is set as admin...