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NAME

6       kubectl  config  rename-context - Renames a context from the kubeconfig
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SYNOPSIS

12       kubectl config rename-context [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

17       Renames a context from the kubeconfig file.
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20       CONTEXT _NAME is the context name that you wish change.
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23       NEW _NAME is the new name you wish to set.
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26       Note: In case the context being renamed is the 'current-context',  this
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OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

32       --allow-verification-with-non-compliant-keys=false
33           Allow  a  SignatureVerifier  to  use  keys  which  are  technically
34       non-compliant with RFC6962.
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37       --alsologtostderr=false
38           log to standard error as well as files
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41       --application-metrics-count-limit=100
42           Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
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45       --as=""
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50           Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can  be  repeated
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54       --azure-container-registry-config=""
55           Path  to the file containing Azure container registry configuration
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59       --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"
60           Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use  the  first
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68       --certificate-authority=""
69           Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
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80       --cloud-provider-gce-lb-src-cidrs=130.211.0.0/22,209.85.152.0/22,209.85.204.0/22,35.191.0.0/16
81           CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for LB traffic proxy  health checks
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101           Indicates   the   tolerationSeconds   of   the    toleration    for
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107           Indicates the tolerationSeconds  of  the  toleration  for  unreach‐
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117           a comma-separated list of environment variable keys that  needs  to
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126           DEPRECATED:  docker  root is read from docker info (this is a fall‐
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147           Whether to enable cpu load reader
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150       --event-storage-age-limit="default=0"
151           Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
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153       (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
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158           Max  number  of  events to store (per type). Value is a comma sepa‐
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160       ation,  oom)  or  "default"  and  the  value  is an integer. Default is
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169           The Google Cloud Platform Service  Account  JSON  Key  to  use  for
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178           If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
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207           Comma-separated list of files to  check  for  machine-id.  Use  the
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224           If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
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228           The  length  of  time  to  wait before giving up on a single server
229       request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.
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242           Writes  in  the  storage driver will be buffered for this duration,
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EXAMPLE

293                # Rename the context 'old-name' to 'new-name' in your kubeconfig file
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SEE ALSO

300       kubectl-config(1),
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HISTORY

305       January  2015,  Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
306       com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully  they  have
307       been automatically generated since!
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