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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|go-template|go-tem‐
76 plate-file|template|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 --alsologtostderr=false
103 log to standard error as well as files
104 --application-metrics-count-limit=100
107 Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
108 --as=""
111 Username to impersonate for the operation
112 --as-group=[]
115 Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated
116 to specify multiple groups.
117 --azure-container-registry-config=""
120 Path to the file containing Azure container registry configuration
121 information.
122 --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"
125 Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first
126 one that exists.
127 --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/http-cache"
130 Default HTTP cache directory
131 --certificate-authority=""
134 Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
135 --client-certificate=""
138 Path to a client certificate file for TLS
139 --client-key=""
142 Path to a client key file for TLS
143 --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
146 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for LB traffic proxy health checks
147 --cluster=""
150 The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
151 --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"
154 location of the container hints file
155 --containerd="unix:///var/run/containerd.sock"
158 containerd endpoint
159 --context=""
162 The name of the kubeconfig context to use
163 --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300
166 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for
167 notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
168 already have such a toleration.
169 --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300
172 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for unreach‐
173 able:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
174 already have such a toleration.
175 --docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
178 docker endpoint
179 --docker-env-metadata-whitelist=""
182 a comma-separated list of environment variable keys that needs to
183 be collected for docker containers
184 --docker-only=false
187 Only report docker containers in addition to root stats
188 --docker-root="/var/lib/docker"
191 DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is a fall‐
192 back, default: /var/lib/docker)
193 --docker-tls=false
196 use TLS to connect to docker
197 --docker-tls-ca="ca.pem"
200 path to trusted CA
201 --docker-tls-cert="cert.pem"
204 path to client certificate
205 --docker-tls-key="key.pem"
208 path to private key
209 --enable-load-reader=false
212 Whether to enable cpu load reader
213 --event-storage-age-limit="default=0"
216 Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
217 comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types
218 (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
219 is applied to all non-specified event types
220 --event-storage-event-limit="default=0"
223 Max number of events to store (per type). Value is a comma sepa‐
224 rated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: cre‐
225 ation, oom) or "default" and the value is an integer. Default is
226 applied to all non-specified event types
227 --global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s
230 Interval between global housekeepings
231 --housekeeping-interval=10s
234 Interval between container housekeepings
235 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false
238 If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
239 This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
240 --kubeconfig=""
243 Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
244 --log-backtrace-at=:0
247 when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
248 --log-cadvisor-usage=false
251 Whether to log the usage of the cAdvisor container
252 --log-dir=""
255 If non-empty, write log files in this directory
256 --log-file=""
259 If non-empty, use this log file
260 --log-flush-frequency=5s
263 Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
264 --logtostderr=true
267 log to standard error instead of files
268 --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
271 Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the
272 first one that exists.
273 --match-server-version=false
276 Require server version to match client version
277 --mesos-agent="127.0.0.1:5051"
280 Mesos agent address
281 --mesos-agent-timeout=10s
284 Mesos agent timeout
285 -n, --namespace=""
288 If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
289 --password=""
292 Password for basic authentication to the API server
293 --profile="none"
296 Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|thread‐
297 create|block|mutex)
298 --profile-output="profile.pprof"
301 Name of the file to write the profile to
302 --request-timeout="0"
305 The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server
306 request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.
307 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.
308 -s, --server=""
311 The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
312 --skip-headers=false
315 If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
316 --stderrthreshold=2
319 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
320 --storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s
323 Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration,
324 and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
325 --storage-driver-db="cadvisor"
328 database name
329 --storage-driver-host="localhost:8086"
332 database host:port
333 --storage-driver-password="root"
336 database password
337 --storage-driver-secure=false
340 use secure connection with database
341 --storage-driver-table="stats"
344 table name
345 --storage-driver-user="root"
348 database username
349 --token=""
352 Bearer token for authentication to the API server
353 --user=""
356 The name of the kubeconfig user to use
357 --username=""
360 Username for basic authentication to the API server
361 -v, --v=0
364 log level for V logs
365 --version=false
368 Print version information and quit
369 --vmodule=
372 comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered log‐
373 ging
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378 # Create a new secret named my-secret with keys for each file in folder bar
379 kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-file=path/to/bar
380 # Create a new secret named my-secret with specified keys instead of names on disk
382 kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-file=ssh-privatekey= /.ssh/id_rsa --from-file=ssh-publickey= /.ssh/id_rsa.pub
383 # Create a new secret named my-secret with key1=supersecret and key2=topsecret
385 kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-literal=key1=supersecret --from-literal=key2=topsecret
386 # Create a new secret named my-secret using a combination of a file and a literal
388 kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-file=ssh-privatekey= /.ssh/id_rsa --from-literal=passphrase=topsecret
389 # Create a new secret named my-secret from an env file
391 kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-env-file=path/to/bar.env
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397 kubectl-create-secret(1),
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402 January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
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