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6 kubectl create secret generic - Create a secret from a local file,
7 directory or literal value
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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. subdirecto‐
32 ries, 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=false
48 If true, only print the object that would be sent, without sending
49 it.
50 --from-env-file=""
53 Specify the path to a file to read lines of key=val pairs to create
54 a secret (i.e. a Docker .env file).
55 --from-file=[]
58 Key files can be specified using their file path, in which case a
59 default name will be given to them, or optionally with a name and file
60 path, in which case the given name will be used. Specifying a direc‐
61 tory will iterate each named file in the directory that is a valid
62 secret key.
63 --from-literal=[]
66 Specify a key and literal value to insert in secret (i.e.
67 mykey=somevalue)
68 --generator="secret/v1"
71 The name of the API generator to use.
72 -o, --output=""
75 Output format. One of: json|yaml|name|template|go-template|go-tem‐
76 plate-file|templatefile|jsonpath|jsonpath-file.
77 --save-config=false
80 If true, the configuration of current object will be saved in its
81 annotation. Otherwise, the annotation will be unchanged. This flag is
82 useful when you want to perform kubectl apply on this object in the
83 future.
84 --template=""
87 Template string or path to template file to use when -o=go-tem‐
88 plate, -o=go-template-file. The template format is golang templates [
89 ⟨http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview⟩].
90 --type=""
93 The type of secret to create
94 --validate=true
97 If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it
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102 --allow-verification-with-non-compliant-keys=false
103 Allow a SignatureVerifier to use keys which are technically
104 non-compliant with RFC6962.
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-lb-src-cidrs=130.211.0.0/22,209.85.152.0/22,209.85.204.0/22,35.191.0.0/16
151 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for LB traffic proxy health checks
152 --cluster=""
155 The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
156 --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"
159 location of the container hints file
160 --containerd="unix:///var/run/containerd.sock"
163 containerd endpoint
164 --context=""
167 The name of the kubeconfig context to use
168 --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300
171 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for
172 notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
173 already have such a toleration.
174 --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300
177 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for unreach‐
178 able:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
179 already have such a toleration.
180 --docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
183 docker endpoint
184 --docker-env-metadata-whitelist=""
187 a comma-separated list of environment variable keys that needs to
188 be collected for docker containers
189 --docker-only=false
192 Only report docker containers in addition to root stats
193 --docker-root="/var/lib/docker"
196 DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is a fall‐
197 back, default: /var/lib/docker)
198 --docker-tls=false
201 use TLS to connect to docker
202 --docker-tls-ca="ca.pem"
205 path to trusted CA
206 --docker-tls-cert="cert.pem"
209 path to client certificate
210 --docker-tls-key="key.pem"
213 path to private key
214 --enable-load-reader=false
217 Whether to enable cpu load reader
218 --event-storage-age-limit="default=0"
221 Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
222 comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types
223 (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
224 is applied to all non-specified event types
225 --event-storage-event-limit="default=0"
228 Max number of events to store (per type). Value is a comma sepa‐
229 rated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: cre‐
230 ation, oom) or "default" and the value is an integer. Default is
231 applied to all non-specified event types
232 --global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s
235 Interval between global housekeepings
236 --google-json-key=""
239 The Google Cloud Platform Service Account JSON Key to use for
240 authentication.
241 --housekeeping-interval=10s
244 Interval between container housekeepings
245 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false
248 If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
249 This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
250 --kubeconfig=""
253 Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
254 --log-backtrace-at=:0
257 when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
258 --log-cadvisor-usage=false
261 Whether to log the usage of the cAdvisor container
262 --log-dir=""
265 If non-empty, write log files in this directory
266 --log-flush-frequency=5s
269 Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
270 --logtostderr=true
273 log to standard error instead of files
274 --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
277 Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the
278 first one that exists.
279 --match-server-version=false
282 Require server version to match client version
283 --mesos-agent="127.0.0.1:5051"
286 Mesos agent address
287 --mesos-agent-timeout=10s
290 Mesos agent timeout
291 -n, --namespace=""
294 If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
295 --request-timeout="0"
298 The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server
299 request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.
300 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.
301 -s, --server=""
304 The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
305 --stderrthreshold=2
308 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
309 --storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s
312 Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration,
313 and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
314 --storage-driver-db="cadvisor"
317 database name
318 --storage-driver-host="localhost:8086"
321 database host:port
322 --storage-driver-password="root"
325 database password
326 --storage-driver-secure=false
329 use secure connection with database
330 --storage-driver-table="stats"
333 table name
334 --storage-driver-user="root"
337 database username
338 --token=""
341 Bearer token for authentication to the API server
342 --user=""
345 The name of the kubeconfig user to use
346 -v, --v=0
349 log level for V logs
350 --version=false
353 Print version information and quit
354 --vmodule=
357 comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered log‐
358 ging
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363 # Create a new secret named my-secret with keys for each file in folder bar
364 kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-file=path/to/bar
365 # Create a new secret named my-secret with specified keys instead of names on disk
367 kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-file=ssh-privatekey= /.ssh/id_rsa --from-file=ssh-publickey= /.ssh/id_rsa.pub
368 # Create a new secret named my-secret with key1=supersecret and key2=topsecret
370 kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-literal=key1=supersecret --from-literal=key2=topsecret
371 # Create a new secret named my-secret using a combination of a file and a literal
373 kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-file=ssh-privatekey= /.ssh/id_rsa --from-literal=passphrase=topsecret
374 # Create a new secret named my-secret from an env file
376 kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-env-file=path/to/bar.env
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382 kubectl-create-secret(1),
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387 January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
388 com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have
389 been automatically generated since!
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