K8s docs: Manual join: add note that kubeconfig not required (#9998)

Per Consul PM, kubeconfig is not required for manual join. I believe this should be clarified in the docs as the current wording refers to the auto join steps above which state kubeconfig is required.
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Andy Assareh 2021-05-06 11:59:25 -07:00 committed by hc-github-team-consul-core
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@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ option to expose the clients and server ports on the host IP instead.
If you are unable to use auto-join, you can also follow the instructions in
either of the auto-join sections but instead of using a `provider` key in the
`-retry-join` flag, you would need to pass the address of at least one
consul server, e.g: `-retry-join=$CONSUL_SERVER_IP:$SERVER_SERFLAN_PORT`.
consul server, e.g: `-retry-join=$CONSUL_SERVER_IP:$SERVER_SERFLAN_PORT`. A
`kubeconfig` file is not required when using manual join.
However, rather than hardcoding the IP, it's recommended to set up a DNS entry
that would resolve to the consul servers' pod IPs (if using the pod network) or
host IPs that the server pods are running on (if using host ports).