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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       --alsologtostderr=false
33           log to standard error as well as files
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36       --application-metrics-count-limit=100
37           Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
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40       --as=""
41           Username to impersonate for the operation
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45           Group  to  impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated
46       to specify multiple groups.
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49       --azure-container-registry-config=""
50           Path to the file containing Azure container registry  configuration
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54       --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"
55           Comma-separated  list  of files to check for boot-id. Use the first
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59       --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/http-cache"
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63       --certificate-authority=""
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68           Path to a client certificate file for TLS
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75       --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
76           CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for LB traffic proxy  health checks
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79       --cluster=""
80           The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
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83       --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"
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96           Indicates    the    tolerationSeconds   of   the   toleration   for
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102           Indicates  the  tolerationSeconds  of  the  toleration for unreach‐
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112           a  comma-separated  list of environment variable keys that needs to
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120       --docker-root="/var/lib/docker"
121           DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is  a  fall‐
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141       --enable-load-reader=false
142           Whether to enable cpu load reader
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145       --event-storage-age-limit="default=0"
146           Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
147       comma separated list of key values, where  the  keys  are  event  types
148       (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
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153           Max number of events to store (per type). Value is  a  comma  sepa‐
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155       ation, oom) or "default" and  the  value  is  an  integer.  Default  is
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168           If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
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200       --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
201           Comma-separated list of files to  check  for  machine-id.  Use  the
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217       -n, --namespace=""
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226           Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|thread‐
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231           Name of the file to write the profile to
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235           The length of time to wait before giving  up  on  a  single  server
236       request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.
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241           The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
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253           Writes in the storage driver will be buffered  for  this  duration,
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EXAMPLE

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

315       kubectl-config(1),
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HISTORY

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