1KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes)                            KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes)
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NAME

9       kubectl  config  rename-context - Renames a context from the kubeconfig
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SYNOPSIS

15       kubectl config rename-context [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

20       Renames a context from the kubeconfig file.
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23       CONTEXT_NAME is the context name that you wish to change.
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26       NEW_NAME is the new name you wish to set.
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29       Note: In case the context being renamed is the 'current-context',  this
30       field will also be updated.
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OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

35       --add-dir-header=false       If  true,  adds  the file directory to the
36       header of the log messages
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39       --alsologtostderr=false      log to standard error as well as files
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42       --application-metrics-count-limit=100      Max  number  of  application
43       metrics to store (per container)
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46       --as=""      Username to impersonate for the operation
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49       --as-group=[]       Group  to  impersonate for the operation, this flag
50       can be repeated to specify multiple groups.
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53       --azure-container-registry-config=""      Path to the  file  containing
54       Azure container registry configuration information.
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57       --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"        Comma-separated
58       list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first one that exists.
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61       --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/cache"      Default cache directory
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64       --certificate-authority=""      Path to a cert file for the certificate
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68       --client-certificate=""      Path to a client certificate file for TLS
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71       --client-key=""      Path to a client key file for TLS
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74       --cloud-provider-gce-l7lb-src-cidrs=130.211.0.0/22,35.191.0.0/16
75            CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for  L7  LB  traffic  proxy    health
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79       --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
80            CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for  L4  LB  traffic  proxy    health
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84       --cluster=""      The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
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87       --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"      location of
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91       --containerd="/run/containerd/containerd.sock"      containerd endpoint
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94       --containerd-namespace="k8s.io"      containerd namespace
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97       --context=""      The name of the kubeconfig context to use
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100       --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300      Indicates  the  tolera‐
101       tionSeconds  of  the toleration for notReady:NoExecute that is added by
102       default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.
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105       --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300      Indicates the tolera‐
106       tionSeconds  of  the toleration for unreachable:NoExecute that is added
107       by default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.
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110       --disable-root-cgroup-stats=false      Disable collecting  root  Cgroup
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114       --docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock"      docker endpoint
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117       --docker-env-metadata-whitelist=""      a comma-separated list of envi‐
118       ronment variable keys matched with specified prefix that  needs  to  be
119       collected for docker containers
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122       --docker-only=false       Only  report docker containers in addition to
123       root stats
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126       --docker-root="/var/lib/docker"      DEPRECATED: docker  root  is  read
127       from docker info (this is a fallback, default: /var/lib/docker)
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130       --docker-tls=false      use TLS to connect to docker
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133       --docker-tls-ca="ca.pem"      path to trusted CA
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136       --docker-tls-cert="cert.pem"      path to client certificate
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139       --docker-tls-key="key.pem"      path to private key
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142       --enable-load-reader=false      Whether to enable cpu load reader
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145       --event-storage-age-limit="default=0"      Max length of time for which
146       to store events (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key val‐
147       ues,  where the keys are event types (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default"
148       and the value is a duration. Default is applied  to  all  non-specified
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152       --event-storage-event-limit="default=0"       Max  number  of events to
153       store (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key values,  where
154       the  keys  are  event  types (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the
155       value is an integer. Default is  applied  to  all  non-specified  event
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159       --global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s      Interval between global house‐
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163       --housekeeping-interval=10s      Interval between container  housekeep‐
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167       --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false      If true, the server's certificate
168       will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections
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172       --kubeconfig=""      use a particular kubeconfig file
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175       --log-backtrace-at=:0       when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack
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179       --log-cadvisor-usage=false      Whether to log the usage of the  cAdvi‐
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183       --log-dir=""      If non-empty, write log files in this directory
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186       --log-file=""      If non-empty, use this log file
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189       --log-file-max-size=1800       Defines  the maximum size a log file can
190       grow to. Unit is megabytes. If the value is 0, the maximum file size is
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194       --log-flush-frequency=5s       Maximum  number  of  seconds between log
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198       --logtostderr=true      log to standard error instead of files
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201       --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
202            Comma-separated  list  of  files  to check for machine-id. Use the
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206       --match-server-version=false       Require  server  version  to   match
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210       -n,  --namespace=""       If  present, the namespace scope for this CLI
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214       --one-output=false      If true, only write logs to their native sever‐
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218       --password=""      Password for basic authentication to the API server
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221       --profile="none"         Name   of   profile   to   capture.   One   of
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225       --profile-output="profile.pprof"      Name of the  file  to  write  the
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229       --referenced-reset-interval=0       Reset interval for referenced bytes
230       (container_referenced_bytes metric), number of measurement cycles after
231       which  referenced  bytes  are cleared, if set to 0 referenced bytes are
232       never cleared (default: 0)
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235       --request-timeout="0"      The length of time to wait before giving  up
236       on  a  single  server  request. Non-zero values should contain a corre‐
237       sponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't time‐
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241       -s, --server=""      The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
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244       --skip-headers=false       If  true,  avoid  header prefixes in the log
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248       --skip-log-headers=false      If true, avoid headers when  opening  log
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252       --stderrthreshold=2      logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
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255       --storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s      Writes in the storage driver
256       will be buffered for this duration, and committed  to  the  non  memory
257       backends as a single transaction
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260       --storage-driver-db="cadvisor"      database name
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266       --storage-driver-password="root"      database password
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269       --storage-driver-secure=false      use secure connection with database
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272       --storage-driver-table="stats"      table name
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275       --storage-driver-user="root"      database username
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278       --tls-server-name=""       Server  name  to  use for server certificate
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283       --token=""      Bearer token for authentication to the API server
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296       -v, --v=0      number for the log level verbosity
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306       --warnings-as-errors=false      Treat warnings received from the server
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EXAMPLE

312                # Rename the context 'old-name' to 'new-name' in your kubeconfig file
313                kubectl config rename-context old-name new-name
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SEE ALSO

319       kubectl-config(1),
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HISTORY

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