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6 kubectl create secret generic - Create a secret from a local file,
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12 kubectl create secret generic [OPTIONS]
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17 Create a secret based on a file, directory, or specified literal value.
18 A single secret may package one or more key/value pairs.
21 When creating a secret based on a file, the key will default to the
24 basename of the file, and the value will default to the file content.
25 If the basename is an invalid key or you wish to chose your own, you
26 may specify an alternate key.
27 When creating a secret based on a directory, each file whose basename
30 is a valid key in the directory will be packaged into the secret. Any
31 directory entries except regular files are ignored (e.g.
32 subdirectories, symlinks, devices, pipes, etc).
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37 --allow-missing-template-keys=true
38 If true, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is
39 missing in the template. Only applies to golang and jsonpath output
40 formats.
41 --append-hash=false
44 Append a hash of the secret to its name.
45 --dry-run="none"
48 Must be "none", "server", or "client". If client strategy, only
49 print the object that would be sent, without sending it. If server
50 strategy, submit server-side request without persisting the resource.
51 --from-env-file=""
54 Specify the path to a file to read lines of key=val pairs to create
55 a secret (i.e. a Docker .env file).
56 --from-file=[]
59 Key files can be specified using their file path, in which case a
60 default name will be given to them, or optionally with a name and file
61 path, in which case the given name will be used. Specifying a
62 directory will iterate each named file in the directory that is a valid
63 secret key.
64 --from-literal=[]
67 Specify a key and literal value to insert in secret (i.e.
68 mykey=somevalue)
69 --generator="secret/v1"
72 The name of the API generator to use.
73 -o, --output=""
76 Output format. One of:
77 json|yaml|name|go-template|go-template-file|template|templatefile|jsonpath|jsonpath-file.
78 --save-config=false
81 If true, the configuration of current object will be saved in its
82 annotation. Otherwise, the annotation will be unchanged. This flag is
83 useful when you want to perform kubectl apply on this object in the
84 future.
85 --template=""
88 Template string or path to template file to use when
89 -o=go-template, -o=go-template-file. The template format is golang
90 templates [ ⟨http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview⟩].
91 --type=""
94 The type of secret to create
95 --validate=true
98 If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it
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103 --add-dir-header=false
104 If true, adds the file directory to the header
105 --alsologtostderr=false
108 log to standard error as well as files
109 --application-metrics-count-limit=100
112 Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
113 --as=""
116 Username to impersonate for the operation
117 --as-group=[]
120 Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated
121 to specify multiple groups.
122 --azure-container-registry-config=""
125 Path to the file containing Azure container registry configuration
126 information.
127 --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"
130 Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first
131 one that exists.
132 --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/http-cache"
135 Default HTTP cache directory
136 --certificate-authority=""
139 Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
140 --client-certificate=""
143 Path to a client certificate file for TLS
144 --client-key=""
147 Path to a client key file for TLS
148 --cloud-provider-gce-l7lb-src-cidrs=130.211.0.0/22,35.191.0.0/16
151 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L7 LB traffic proxy health checks
152 --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
155 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L4 LB traffic proxy health checks
156 --cluster=""
159 The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
160 --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"
163 location of the container hints file
164 --containerd="/run/containerd/containerd.sock"
167 containerd endpoint
168 --containerd-namespace="k8s.io"
171 containerd namespace
172 --context=""
175 The name of the kubeconfig context to use
176 --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300
179 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for
180 notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
181 already have such a toleration.
182 --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300
185 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for
186 unreachable:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does
187 not already have such a toleration.
188 --disable-root-cgroup-stats=false
191 Disable collecting root Cgroup stats
192 --docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
195 docker endpoint
196 --docker-env-metadata-whitelist=""
199 a comma-separated list of environment variable keys that needs to
200 be collected for docker containers
201 --docker-only=false
204 Only report docker containers in addition to root stats
205 --docker-root="/var/lib/docker"
208 DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is a
209 fallback, default: /var/lib/docker)
210 --docker-tls=false
213 use TLS to connect to docker
214 --docker-tls-ca="ca.pem"
217 path to trusted CA
218 --docker-tls-cert="cert.pem"
221 path to client certificate
222 --docker-tls-key="key.pem"
225 path to private key
226 --enable-load-reader=false
229 Whether to enable cpu load reader
230 --event-storage-age-limit="default=0"
233 Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
234 comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types
235 (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
236 is applied to all non-specified event types
237 --event-storage-event-limit="default=0"
240 Max number of events to store (per type). Value is a comma
241 separated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.:
242 creation, oom) or "default" and the value is an integer. Default is
243 applied to all non-specified event types
244 --global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s
247 Interval between global housekeepings
248 --housekeeping-interval=10s
251 Interval between container housekeepings
252 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false
255 If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
256 This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
257 --kubeconfig=""
260 Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
261 --log-backtrace-at=:0
264 when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
265 --log-cadvisor-usage=false
268 Whether to log the usage of the cAdvisor container
269 --log-dir=""
272 If non-empty, write log files in this directory
273 --log-file=""
276 If non-empty, use this log file
277 --log-file-max-size=1800
280 Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes.
281 If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited.
282 --log-flush-frequency=5s
285 Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
286 --logtostderr=true
289 log to standard error instead of files
290 --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
293 Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the
294 first one that exists.
295 --match-server-version=false
298 Require server version to match client version
299 -n, --namespace=""
302 If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
303 --password=""
306 Password for basic authentication to the API server
307 --profile="none"
310 Name of profile to capture. One of
311 (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex)
312 --profile-output="profile.pprof"
315 Name of the file to write the profile to
316 --request-timeout="0"
319 The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server
320 request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.
321 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.
322 -s, --server=""
325 The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
326 --skip-headers=false
329 If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
330 --skip-log-headers=false
333 If true, avoid headers when opening log files
334 --stderrthreshold=2
337 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
338 --storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s
341 Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration,
342 and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
343 --storage-driver-db="cadvisor"
346 database name
347 --storage-driver-host="localhost:8086"
350 database host:port
351 --storage-driver-password="root"
354 database password
355 --storage-driver-secure=false
358 use secure connection with database
359 --storage-driver-table="stats"
362 table name
363 --storage-driver-user="root"
366 database username
367 --tls-server-name=""
370 Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not
371 provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used
372 --token=""
375 Bearer token for authentication to the API server
376 --update-machine-info-interval=5m0s
379 Interval between machine info updates.
380 --user=""
383 The name of the kubeconfig user to use
384 --username=""
387 Username for basic authentication to the API server
388 -v, --v=0
391 number for the log level verbosity
392 --version=false
395 Print version information and quit
396 --vmodule=
399 comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered
400 logging
401
405 # Create a new secret named my-secret with keys for each file in folder bar
406 kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-file=path/to/bar
407 # Create a new secret named my-secret with specified keys instead of names on disk
409 kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-file=ssh-privatekey=path/to/id_rsa --from-file=ssh-publickey=path/to/id_rsa.pub
410 # Create a new secret named my-secret with key1=supersecret and key2=topsecret
412 kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-literal=key1=supersecret --from-literal=key2=topsecret
413 # Create a new secret named my-secret using a combination of a file and a literal
415 kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-file=ssh-privatekey=path/to/id_rsa --from-literal=passphrase=topsecret
416 # Create a new secret named my-secret from an env file
418 kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-env-file=path/to/bar.env
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424 kubectl-create-secret(1),
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429 January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
430 com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have
431 been automatically generated since!
432Eric Paris kubernetes User Manuals KUBERNETES(1)