Update .gitlab-ci.yml, terraform.tf

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ before_script:
   - alias convert_report="jq -r '([.resource_changes[].change.actions?]|flatten)|{\"create\":(map(select(.==\"create\"))|length),\"update\":(map(select(.==\"update\"))|length),\"delete\":(map(select(.==\"delete\"))|length)}'"
   - terraform --version
   - terraform init -reconfigure -backend-config="address=${GITLAB_TF_ADDRESS}" -backend-config="lock_address=${GITLAB_TF_ADDRESS}/lock" -backend-config="unlock_address=${GITLAB_TF_ADDRESS}/lock" -backend-config="username=gitlab-ci-token" -backend-config="password=${CI_JOB_TOKEN}" -backend-config="lock_method=POST" -backend-config="unlock_method=DELETE" -backend-config="retry_wait_min=5"  
-  - terraform output kubeconfig | base64 -d > kubeconfig
 
 plan:
   stage: plan
@@ -55,6 +54,8 @@ apply:
       - .terraform
   script:    
     - terraform apply -auto-approve -var-file=terraform.tfvars
+  after_script:
+    - curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}" "${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/variables" --form "key=kubeconfig" --form "value=$(cat config)"
   dependencies:
     - plan 
   only:
@@ -63,7 +64,6 @@ apply:
       - terraform.tfvars    
   when: manual      
 
-
 destroy:
   stage: destroy
   image: