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6 kubectl config set-credentials - Sets a user entry in kubeconfig
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11 kubectl config set-credentials [OPTIONS]
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16 Sets a user entry in kubeconfig
17 Specifying a name that already exists will merge new fields on top of
20 existing values.
21 Client-certificate flags:
24 --client-certificate=certfile --client-key=keyfile
25 Bearer token flags:
28 --token=bearer_token
29 Basic auth flags:
32 --username=basic_user --password=basic_password
33 Bearer token and basic auth are mutually exclusive.
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40 --auth-provider=""
41 Auth provider for the user entry in kubeconfig
42 --auth-provider-arg=[]
45 'key=value' arguments for the auth provider
46 --embed-certs=false
49 Embed client cert/key for the user entry in kubeconfig
50 --exec-api-version=""
53 API version of the exec credential plugin for the user entry in
54 kubeconfig
55 --exec-arg=[]
58 New arguments for the exec credential plugin command for the user
59 entry in kubeconfig
60 --exec-command=""
63 Command for the exec credential plugin for the user entry in
64 kubeconfig
65 --exec-env=[]
68 'key=value' environment values for the exec credential plugin
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73 --add-dir-header=false
74 If true, adds the file directory to the header
75 --alsologtostderr=false
78 log to standard error as well as files
79 --application-metrics-count-limit=100
82 Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
83 --as=""
86 Username to impersonate for the operation
87 --as-group=[]
90 Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated
91 to specify multiple groups.
92 --azure-container-registry-config=""
95 Path to the file containing Azure container registry configuration
96 information.
97 --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"
100 Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first
101 one that exists.
102 --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/http-cache"
105 Default HTTP cache directory
106 --certificate-authority=""
109 Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
110 --client-certificate=""
113 Path to a client certificate file for TLS
114 --client-key=""
117 Path to a client key file for TLS
118 --cloud-provider-gce-l7lb-src-cidrs=130.211.0.0/22,35.191.0.0/16
121 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L7 LB traffic proxy health checks
122 --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
125 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L4 LB traffic proxy health checks
126 --cluster=""
129 The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
130 --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"
133 location of the container hints file
134 --containerd="/run/containerd/containerd.sock"
137 containerd endpoint
138 --containerd-namespace="k8s.io"
141 containerd namespace
142 --context=""
145 The name of the kubeconfig context to use
146 --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300
149 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for
150 notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
151 already have such a toleration.
152 --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300
155 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for
156 unreachable:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does
157 not already have such a toleration.
158 --disable-root-cgroup-stats=false
161 Disable collecting root Cgroup stats
162 --docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
165 docker endpoint
166 --docker-env-metadata-whitelist=""
169 a comma-separated list of environment variable keys that needs to
170 be collected for docker containers
171 --docker-only=false
174 Only report docker containers in addition to root stats
175 --docker-root="/var/lib/docker"
178 DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is a
179 fallback, default: /var/lib/docker)
180 --docker-tls=false
183 use TLS to connect to docker
184 --docker-tls-ca="ca.pem"
187 path to trusted CA
188 --docker-tls-cert="cert.pem"
191 path to client certificate
192 --docker-tls-key="key.pem"
195 path to private key
196 --enable-load-reader=false
199 Whether to enable cpu load reader
200 --event-storage-age-limit="default=0"
203 Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
204 comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types
205 (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
206 is applied to all non-specified event types
207 --event-storage-event-limit="default=0"
210 Max number of events to store (per type). Value is a comma
211 separated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.:
212 creation, oom) or "default" and the value is an integer. Default is
213 applied to all non-specified event types
214 --global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s
217 Interval between global housekeepings
218 --housekeeping-interval=10s
221 Interval between container housekeepings
222 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false
225 If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
226 This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
227 --kubeconfig=""
230 use a particular kubeconfig file
231 --log-backtrace-at=:0
234 when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
235 --log-cadvisor-usage=false
238 Whether to log the usage of the cAdvisor container
239 --log-dir=""
242 If non-empty, write log files in this directory
243 --log-file=""
246 If non-empty, use this log file
247 --log-file-max-size=1800
250 Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes.
251 If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited.
252 --log-flush-frequency=5s
255 Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
256 --logtostderr=true
259 log to standard error instead of files
260 --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
263 Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the
264 first one that exists.
265 --match-server-version=false
268 Require server version to match client version
269 -n, --namespace=""
272 If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
273 --password=""
276 Password for basic authentication to the API server
277 --profile="none"
280 Name of profile to capture. One of
281 (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex)
282 --profile-output="profile.pprof"
285 Name of the file to write the profile to
286 --request-timeout="0"
289 The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server
290 request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.
291 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.
292 -s, --server=""
295 The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
296 --skip-headers=false
299 If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
300 --skip-log-headers=false
303 If true, avoid headers when opening log files
304 --stderrthreshold=2
307 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
308 --storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s
311 Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration,
312 and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
313 --storage-driver-db="cadvisor"
316 database name
317 --storage-driver-host="localhost:8086"
320 database host:port
321 --storage-driver-password="root"
324 database password
325 --storage-driver-secure=false
328 use secure connection with database
329 --storage-driver-table="stats"
332 table name
333 --storage-driver-user="root"
336 database username
337 --tls-server-name=""
340 Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not
341 provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used
342 --token=""
345 Bearer token for authentication to the API server
346 --update-machine-info-interval=5m0s
349 Interval between machine info updates.
350 --user=""
353 The name of the kubeconfig user to use
354 --username=""
357 Username for basic authentication to the API server
358 -v, --v=0
361 number for the log level verbosity
362 --version=false
365 Print version information and quit
366 --vmodule=
369 comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered
370 logging
371
375 # Set only the "client-key" field on the "cluster-admin"
376 # entry, without touching other values:
377 kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --client-key= /.kube/admin.key
378 # Set basic auth for the "cluster-admin" entry
380 kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --username=admin --password=uXFGweU9l35qcif
381 # Embed client certificate data in the "cluster-admin" entry
383 kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --client-certificate= /.kube/admin.crt --embed-certs=true
384 # Enable the Google Compute Platform auth provider for the "cluster-admin" entry
386 kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --auth-provider=gcp
387 # Enable the OpenID Connect auth provider for the "cluster-admin" entry with additional args
389 kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --auth-provider=oidc --auth-provider-arg=client-id=foo --auth-provider-arg=client-secret=bar
390 # Remove the "client-secret" config value for the OpenID Connect auth provider for the "cluster-admin" entry
392 kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --auth-provider=oidc --auth-provider-arg=client-secret-
393 # Enable new exec auth plugin for the "cluster-admin" entry
395 kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-command=/path/to/the/executable --exec-api-version=client.authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1
396 # Define new exec auth plugin args for the "cluster-admin" entry
398 kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-arg=arg1 --exec-arg=arg2
399 # Create or update exec auth plugin environment variables for the "cluster-admin" entry
401 kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-env=key1=val1 --exec-env=key2=val2
402 # Remove exec auth plugin environment variables for the "cluster-admin" entry
404 kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-env=var-to-remove-
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415 January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
416 com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have
417 been automatically generated since!
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