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6 kubectl config view - Display merged kubeconfig settings or a specified
7 kubeconfig file
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12 kubectl config view [OPTIONS]
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17 Display merged kubeconfig settings or a specified kubeconfig file.
18 You can use --output jsonpath={...} to extract specific values using a
21 jsonpath expression.
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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
29 formats.
30 --flatten=false
33 Flatten the resulting kubeconfig file into self-contained output
34 (useful for creating portable kubeconfig files)
35 --merge=true
38 Merge the full hierarchy of kubeconfig files
39 --minify=false
42 Remove all information not used by current-context from the output
43 -o, --output="yaml"
46 Output format. One of: json|yaml|name|go-template|go-tem‐
47 plate-file|template|templatefile|jsonpath|jsonpath-file.
48 --raw=false
51 Display raw byte data
52 --template=""
55 Template string or path to template file to use when -o=go-tem‐
56 plate, -o=go-template-file. The template format is golang templates [
57 ⟨http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview⟩].
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62 --alsologtostderr=false
63 log to standard error as well as files
64 --application-metrics-count-limit=100
67 Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
68 --as=""
71 Username to impersonate for the operation
72 --as-group=[]
75 Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated
76 to specify multiple groups.
77 --azure-container-registry-config=""
80 Path to the file containing Azure container registry configuration
81 information.
82 --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"
85 Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first
86 one that exists.
87 --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/http-cache"
90 Default HTTP cache directory
91 --certificate-authority=""
94 Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
95 --client-certificate=""
98 Path to a client certificate file for TLS
99 --client-key=""
102 Path to a client key file for TLS
103 --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
106 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for LB traffic proxy health checks
107 --cluster=""
110 The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
111 --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"
114 location of the container hints file
115 --containerd="/run/containerd/containerd.sock"
118 containerd endpoint
119 --containerd-namespace="k8s.io"
122 containerd namespace
123 --context=""
126 The name of the kubeconfig context to use
127 --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300
130 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for
131 notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
132 already have such a toleration.
133 --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300
136 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for unreach‐
137 able:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
138 already have such a toleration.
139 --docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
142 docker endpoint
143 --docker-env-metadata-whitelist=""
146 a comma-separated list of environment variable keys that needs to
147 be collected for docker containers
148 --docker-only=false
151 Only report docker containers in addition to root stats
152 --docker-root="/var/lib/docker"
155 DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is a fall‐
156 back, default: /var/lib/docker)
157 --docker-tls=false
160 use TLS to connect to docker
161 --docker-tls-ca="ca.pem"
164 path to trusted CA
165 --docker-tls-cert="cert.pem"
168 path to client certificate
169 --docker-tls-key="key.pem"
172 path to private key
173 --enable-load-reader=false
176 Whether to enable cpu load reader
177 --event-storage-age-limit="default=0"
180 Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
181 comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types
182 (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
183 is applied to all non-specified event types
184 --event-storage-event-limit="default=0"
187 Max number of events to store (per type). Value is a comma sepa‐
188 rated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: cre‐
189 ation, oom) or "default" and the value is an integer. Default is
190 applied to all non-specified event types
191 --global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s
194 Interval between global housekeepings
195 --housekeeping-interval=10s
198 Interval between container housekeepings
199 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false
202 If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
203 This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
204 --kubeconfig=""
207 use a particular kubeconfig file
208 --log-backtrace-at=:0
211 when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
212 --log-cadvisor-usage=false
215 Whether to log the usage of the cAdvisor container
216 --log-dir=""
219 If non-empty, write log files in this directory
220 --log-file=""
223 If non-empty, use this log file
224 --log-file-max-size=1800
227 Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes.
228 If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited.
229 --log-flush-frequency=5s
232 Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
233 --logtostderr=true
236 log to standard error instead of files
237 --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
240 Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the
241 first one that exists.
242 --match-server-version=false
245 Require server version to match client version
246 -n, --namespace=""
249 If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
250 --password=""
253 Password for basic authentication to the API server
254 --profile="none"
257 Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|thread‐
258 create|block|mutex)
259 --profile-output="profile.pprof"
262 Name of the file to write the profile to
263 --request-timeout="0"
266 The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server
267 request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.
268 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.
269 -s, --server=""
272 The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
273 --skip-headers=false
276 If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
277 --skip-log-headers=false
280 If true, avoid headers when opening log files
281 --stderrthreshold=2
284 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
285 --storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s
288 Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration,
289 and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
290 --storage-driver-db="cadvisor"
293 database name
294 --storage-driver-host="localhost:8086"
297 database host:port
298 --storage-driver-password="root"
301 database password
302 --storage-driver-secure=false
305 use secure connection with database
306 --storage-driver-table="stats"
309 table name
310 --storage-driver-user="root"
313 database username
314 --token=""
317 Bearer token for authentication to the API server
318 --update-machine-info-interval=5m0s
321 Interval between machine info updates.
322 --user=""
325 The name of the kubeconfig user to use
326 --username=""
329 Username for basic authentication to the API server
330 -v, --v=0
333 number for the log level verbosity
334 --version=false
337 Print version information and quit
338 --vmodule=
341 comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered log‐
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347 # Show merged kubeconfig settings.
348 kubectl config view
349 # Show merged kubeconfig settings and raw certificate data.
351 kubectl config view --raw
352 # Get the password for the e2e user
354 kubectl config view -o jsonpath='{.users[?(@.name == "e2e")].user.password}'
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360 kubectl-config(1),
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365 January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
366 com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have
367 been automatically generated since!
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