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6 kubectl cp - Copy files and directories to and from containers.
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11 kubectl cp [OPTIONS]
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16 Copy files and directories to and from containers.
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21 -c, --container=""
22 Container name. If omitted, the first container in the pod will be
23 chosen
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28 --allow-verification-with-non-compliant-keys=false
29 Allow a SignatureVerifier to use keys which are technically
30 non-compliant with RFC6962.
31 --alsologtostderr=false
34 log to standard error as well as files
35 --application-metrics-count-limit=100
38 Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
39 --as=""
42 Username to impersonate for the operation
43 --as-group=[]
46 Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated
47 to specify multiple groups.
48 --azure-container-registry-config=""
51 Path to the file containing Azure container registry configuration
52 information.
53 --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"
56 Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first
57 one that exists.
58 --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/http-cache"
61 Default HTTP cache directory
62 --certificate-authority=""
65 Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
66 --client-certificate=""
69 Path to a client certificate file for TLS
70 --client-key=""
73 Path to a client key file for TLS
74 --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
77 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for LB traffic proxy health checks
78 --cluster=""
81 The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
82 --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"
85 location of the container hints file
86 --containerd="unix:///var/run/containerd.sock"
89 containerd endpoint
90 --context=""
93 The name of the kubeconfig context to use
94 --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300
97 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for
98 notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
99 already have such a toleration.
100 --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300
103 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for unreach‐
104 able:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
105 already have such a toleration.
106 --docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
109 docker endpoint
110 --docker-env-metadata-whitelist=""
113 a comma-separated list of environment variable keys that needs to
114 be collected for docker containers
115 --docker-only=false
118 Only report docker containers in addition to root stats
119 --docker-root="/var/lib/docker"
122 DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is a fall‐
123 back, default: /var/lib/docker)
124 --docker-tls=false
127 use TLS to connect to docker
128 --docker-tls-ca="ca.pem"
131 path to trusted CA
132 --docker-tls-cert="cert.pem"
135 path to client certificate
136 --docker-tls-key="key.pem"
139 path to private key
140 --enable-load-reader=false
143 Whether to enable cpu load reader
144 --event-storage-age-limit="default=0"
147 Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
148 comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types
149 (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
150 is applied to all non-specified event types
151 --event-storage-event-limit="default=0"
154 Max number of events to store (per type). Value is a comma sepa‐
155 rated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: cre‐
156 ation, oom) or "default" and the value is an integer. Default is
157 applied to all non-specified event types
158 --global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s
161 Interval between global housekeepings
162 --google-json-key=""
165 The Google Cloud Platform Service Account JSON Key to use for
166 authentication.
167 --housekeeping-interval=10s
170 Interval between container housekeepings
171 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false
174 If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
175 This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
176 --kubeconfig=""
179 Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
180 --log-backtrace-at=:0
183 when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
184 --log-cadvisor-usage=false
187 Whether to log the usage of the cAdvisor container
188 --log-dir=""
191 If non-empty, write log files in this directory
192 --log-flush-frequency=5s
195 Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
196 --logtostderr=true
199 log to standard error instead of files
200 --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
203 Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the
204 first one that exists.
205 --match-server-version=false
208 Require server version to match client version
209 --mesos-agent="127.0.0.1:5051"
212 Mesos agent address
213 --mesos-agent-timeout=10s
216 Mesos agent timeout
217 -n, --namespace=""
220 If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
221 --request-timeout="0"
224 The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server
225 request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.
226 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.
227 -s, --server=""
230 The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
231 --stderrthreshold=2
234 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
235 --storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s
238 Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration,
239 and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
240 --storage-driver-db="cadvisor"
243 database name
244 --storage-driver-host="localhost:8086"
247 database host:port
248 --storage-driver-password="root"
251 database password
252 --storage-driver-secure=false
255 use secure connection with database
256 --storage-driver-table="stats"
259 table name
260 --storage-driver-user="root"
263 database username
264 --token=""
267 Bearer token for authentication to the API server
268 --user=""
271 The name of the kubeconfig user to use
272 -v, --v=0
275 log level for V logs
276 --version=false
279 Print version information and quit
280 --vmodule=
283 comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered log‐
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289 # !!!Important Note!!!
290 # Requires that the 'tar' binary is present in your container
291 # image. If 'tar' is not present, 'kubectl cp' will fail.
292 # Copy /tmp/foo_dir local directory to /tmp/bar_dir in a remote pod in the default namespace
294 kubectl cp /tmp/foo_dir <some-pod>:/tmp/bar_dir
295 # Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in a specific container
297 kubectl cp /tmp/foo <some-pod>:/tmp/bar -c <specific-container>
298 # Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in namespace <some-namespace>
300 kubectl cp /tmp/foo <some-namespace>/<some-pod>:/tmp/bar
301 # Copy /tmp/foo from a remote pod to /tmp/bar locally
303 kubectl cp <some-namespace>/<some-pod>:/tmp/foo /tmp/bar
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314 January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
315 com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have
316 been automatically generated since!
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