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NAME

6       kubectl config set-context - Sets a context entry in kubeconfig
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SYNOPSIS

11       kubectl config set-context [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

16       Sets a context entry in kubeconfig
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19       Specifying a name that already exists will merge new fields on top of
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OPTIONS

25       --current=false
26           Modify the current context
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OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

31       --add-dir-header=false
32           If true, adds the file directory to the header
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39       --application-metrics-count-limit=100
40           Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
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43       --as=""
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48           Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated
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52       --azure-container-registry-config=""
53           Path to the file containing Azure container registry configuration
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58           Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first
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79           CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L7 LB traffic proxy  health checks
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107           Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for
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113           Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for
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127           a comma-separated list of environment variable keys that needs to
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136           DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is a
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161           Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
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168           Max number of events to store (per type). Value is a comma
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183           If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
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208           Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes.
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221           Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the
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247           The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server
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269           Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration,
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EXAMPLE

333                # Set the user field on the gce context entry without touching other values
334                kubectl config set-context gce --user=cluster-admin
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SEE ALSO

340       kubectl-config(1),
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HISTORY

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