1KUBERNETES(1)                      Jan 2015                      KUBERNETES(1)
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NAME

6       kubectl create service externalname - Create an ExternalName service.
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SYNOPSIS

11       kubectl create service externalname [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

16       Create an ExternalName service with the specified name.
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19       ExternalName  service  references to an external DNS address instead of
20       only pods, which will allow application authors to  reference  services
21       that exist off platform, on other clusters, or locally.
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OPTIONS

26       --allow-missing-template-keys=true
27           If  true, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is
28       missing in the template. Only applies to  golang  and  jsonpath  output
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33           If  true, only print the object that would be sent, without sending
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37       --external-name=""
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41       --generator="service-externalname/v1"
42           The name of the API generator to use.
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45       -o, --output=""
46           Output   format.   One    of:    json|yaml|name|go-template|go-tem‐
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50       --save-config=false
51           If  true,  the configuration of current object will be saved in its
52       annotation. Otherwise, the annotation will be unchanged. This  flag  is
53       useful  when  you  want  to perform kubectl apply on this object in the
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57       --tcp=[]
58           Port pairs can be specified as '<port>:<targetPort>'.
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62           Template string or path to template file  to  use  when  -o=go-tem‐
63       plate,  -o=go-template-file.  The template format is golang templates [
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68           If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it
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OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

73       --alsologtostderr=false
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86           Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can  be  repeated
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91           Path  to the file containing Azure container registry configuration
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96           Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use  the  first
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116       --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
117           CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for LB traffic proxy  health checks
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121           The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
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137           Indicates   the   tolerationSeconds   of   the    toleration    for
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143           Indicates the tolerationSeconds  of  the  toleration  for  unreach‐
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153           a comma-separated list of environment variable keys that  needs  to
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162           DEPRECATED:  docker  root is read from docker info (this is a fall‐
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187           Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
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189       (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
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194           Max  number  of  events to store (per type). Value is a comma sepa‐
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196       ation,  oom)  or  "default"  and  the  value  is an integer. Default is
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209           If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
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242           Comma-separated  list  of  files  to  check for machine-id. Use the
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267           Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|thread‐
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277       request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.
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EXAMPLE

349                # Create a new ExternalName service named my-ns
350                kubectl create service externalname my-ns --external-name bar.com
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SEE ALSO

356       kubectl-create-service(1),
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HISTORY

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