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6 kubectl config set-context - Sets a context entry in kubeconfig
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11 kubectl config set-context [OPTIONS]
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16 Sets a context entry in kubeconfig
17 Specifying a name that already exists will merge new fields on top of
20 existing values for those fields.
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25 --current=false
26 Modify the current context
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31 --allow-verification-with-non-compliant-keys=false
32 Allow a SignatureVerifier to use keys which are technically
33 non-compliant with RFC6962.
34 --alsologtostderr=false
37 log to standard error as well as files
38 --application-metrics-count-limit=100
41 Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
42 --as=""
45 Username to impersonate for the operation
46 --as-group=[]
49 Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated
50 to specify multiple groups.
51 --azure-container-registry-config=""
54 Path to the file containing Azure container registry configuration
55 information.
56 --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"
59 Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first
60 one that exists.
61 --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/http-cache"
64 Default HTTP cache directory
65 --certificate-authority=""
68 Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
69 --client-certificate=""
72 Path to a client certificate file for TLS
73 --client-key=""
76 Path to a client key file for TLS
77 --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 LB traffic proxy health checks
81 --cluster=""
84 The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
85 --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"
88 location of the container hints file
89 --containerd="unix:///var/run/containerd.sock"
92 containerd endpoint
93 --context=""
96 The name of the kubeconfig context to use
97 --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300
100 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for
101 notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
102 already have such a toleration.
103 --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300
106 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for unreach‐
107 able:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
108 already have such a toleration.
109 --docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
112 docker endpoint
113 --docker-env-metadata-whitelist=""
116 a comma-separated list of environment variable keys that needs to
117 be collected for docker containers
118 --docker-only=false
121 Only report docker containers in addition to root stats
122 --docker-root="/var/lib/docker"
125 DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is a fall‐
126 back, default: /var/lib/docker)
127 --docker-tls=false
130 use TLS to connect to docker
131 --docker-tls-ca="ca.pem"
134 path to trusted CA
135 --docker-tls-cert="cert.pem"
138 path to client certificate
139 --docker-tls-key="key.pem"
142 path to private key
143 --enable-load-reader=false
146 Whether to enable cpu load reader
147 --event-storage-age-limit="default=0"
150 Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
151 comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types
152 (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
153 is applied to all non-specified event types
154 --event-storage-event-limit="default=0"
157 Max number of events to store (per type). Value is a comma sepa‐
158 rated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: cre‐
159 ation, oom) or "default" and the value is an integer. Default is
160 applied to all non-specified event types
161 --global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s
164 Interval between global housekeepings
165 --google-json-key=""
168 The Google Cloud Platform Service Account JSON Key to use for
169 authentication.
170 --housekeeping-interval=10s
173 Interval between container housekeepings
174 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false
177 If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
178 This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
179 --kubeconfig=""
182 use a particular kubeconfig file
183 --log-backtrace-at=:0
186 when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
187 --log-cadvisor-usage=false
190 Whether to log the usage of the cAdvisor container
191 --log-dir=""
194 If non-empty, write log files in this directory
195 --log-flush-frequency=5s
198 Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
199 --logtostderr=true
202 log to standard error instead of files
203 --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
206 Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the
207 first one that exists.
208 --match-server-version=false
211 Require server version to match client version
212 --mesos-agent="127.0.0.1:5051"
215 Mesos agent address
216 --mesos-agent-timeout=10s
219 Mesos agent timeout
220 -n, --namespace=""
223 If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
224 --request-timeout="0"
227 The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server
228 request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.
229 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.
230 -s, --server=""
233 The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
234 --stderrthreshold=2
237 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
238 --storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s
241 Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration,
242 and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
243 --storage-driver-db="cadvisor"
246 database name
247 --storage-driver-host="localhost:8086"
250 database host:port
251 --storage-driver-password="root"
254 database password
255 --storage-driver-secure=false
258 use secure connection with database
259 --storage-driver-table="stats"
262 table name
263 --storage-driver-user="root"
266 database username
267 --token=""
270 Bearer token for authentication to the API server
271 --user=""
274 The name of the kubeconfig user to use
275 -v, --v=0
278 log level for V logs
279 --version=false
282 Print version information and quit
283 --vmodule=
286 comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered log‐
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292 # Set the user field on the gce context entry without touching other values
293 kubectl config set-context gce --user=cluster-admin
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299 kubectl-config(1),
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304 January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
305 com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have
306 been automatically generated since!
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