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6 kubectl version - Print the client and server version information
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11 kubectl version [OPTIONS]
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16 Print the client and server version information for the current context
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21 --client=false
22 Client version only (no server required).
23 -o, --output=""
26 One of 'yaml' or 'json'.
27 --short=false
30 Print just the version number.
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35 --allow-verification-with-non-compliant-keys=false
36 Allow a SignatureVerifier to use keys which are technically
37 non-compliant with RFC6962.
38 --alsologtostderr=false
41 log to standard error as well as files
42 --application-metrics-count-limit=100
45 Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
46 --as=""
49 Username to impersonate for the operation
50 --as-group=[]
53 Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated
54 to specify multiple groups.
55 --azure-container-registry-config=""
58 Path to the file containing Azure container registry configuration
59 information.
60 --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"
63 Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first
64 one that exists.
65 --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/http-cache"
68 Default HTTP cache directory
69 --certificate-authority=""
72 Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
73 --client-certificate=""
76 Path to a client certificate file for TLS
77 --client-key=""
80 Path to a client key file for TLS
81 --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
84 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for LB traffic proxy health checks
85 --cluster=""
88 The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
89 --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"
92 location of the container hints file
93 --containerd="unix:///var/run/containerd.sock"
96 containerd endpoint
97 --context=""
100 The name of the kubeconfig context to use
101 --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300
104 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for
105 notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
106 already have such a toleration.
107 --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300
110 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for unreach‐
111 able:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
112 already have such a toleration.
113 --docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
116 docker endpoint
117 --docker-env-metadata-whitelist=""
120 a comma-separated list of environment variable keys that needs to
121 be collected for docker containers
122 --docker-only=false
125 Only report docker containers in addition to root stats
126 --docker-root="/var/lib/docker"
129 DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is a fall‐
130 back, default: /var/lib/docker)
131 --docker-tls=false
134 use TLS to connect to docker
135 --docker-tls-ca="ca.pem"
138 path to trusted CA
139 --docker-tls-cert="cert.pem"
142 path to client certificate
143 --docker-tls-key="key.pem"
146 path to private key
147 --enable-load-reader=false
150 Whether to enable cpu load reader
151 --event-storage-age-limit="default=0"
154 Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
155 comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types
156 (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
157 is applied to all non-specified event types
158 --event-storage-event-limit="default=0"
161 Max number of events to store (per type). Value is a comma sepa‐
162 rated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: cre‐
163 ation, oom) or "default" and the value is an integer. Default is
164 applied to all non-specified event types
165 --global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s
168 Interval between global housekeepings
169 --google-json-key=""
172 The Google Cloud Platform Service Account JSON Key to use for
173 authentication.
174 --housekeeping-interval=10s
177 Interval between container housekeepings
178 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false
181 If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
182 This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
183 --kubeconfig=""
186 Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
187 --log-backtrace-at=:0
190 when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
191 --log-cadvisor-usage=false
194 Whether to log the usage of the cAdvisor container
195 --log-dir=""
198 If non-empty, write log files in this directory
199 --log-flush-frequency=5s
202 Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
203 --logtostderr=true
206 log to standard error instead of files
207 --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
210 Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the
211 first one that exists.
212 --match-server-version=false
215 Require server version to match client version
216 --mesos-agent="127.0.0.1:5051"
219 Mesos agent address
220 --mesos-agent-timeout=10s
223 Mesos agent timeout
224 -n, --namespace=""
227 If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
228 --request-timeout="0"
231 The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server
232 request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.
233 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.
234 -s, --server=""
237 The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
238 --stderrthreshold=2
241 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
242 --storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s
245 Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration,
246 and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
247 --storage-driver-db="cadvisor"
250 database name
251 --storage-driver-host="localhost:8086"
254 database host:port
255 --storage-driver-password="root"
258 database password
259 --storage-driver-secure=false
262 use secure connection with database
263 --storage-driver-table="stats"
266 table name
267 --storage-driver-user="root"
270 database username
271 --token=""
274 Bearer token for authentication to the API server
275 --user=""
278 The name of the kubeconfig user to use
279 -v, --v=0
282 log level for V logs
283 --version=false
286 Print version information and quit
287 --vmodule=
290 comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered log‐
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296 # Print the client and server versions for the current context
297 kubectl version
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308 January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
309 com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have
310 been automatically generated since!
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