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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 --alsologtostderr=false
32 log to standard error as well as files
33 --application-metrics-count-limit=100
36 Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
37 --as=""
40 Username to impersonate for the operation
41 --as-group=[]
44 Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated
45 to specify multiple groups.
46 --azure-container-registry-config=""
49 Path to the file containing Azure container registry configuration
50 information.
51 --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"
54 Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first
55 one that exists.
56 --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/http-cache"
59 Default HTTP cache directory
60 --certificate-authority=""
63 Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
64 --client-certificate=""
67 Path to a client certificate file for TLS
68 --client-key=""
71 Path to a client key file for TLS
72 --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
75 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for LB traffic proxy health checks
76 --cluster=""
79 The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
80 --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"
83 location of the container hints file
84 --containerd="/run/containerd/containerd.sock"
87 containerd endpoint
88 --containerd-namespace="k8s.io"
91 containerd namespace
92 --context=""
95 The name of the kubeconfig context to use
96 --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300
99 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for
100 notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
101 already have such a toleration.
102 --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300
105 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for unreach‐
106 able:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
107 already have such a toleration.
108 --docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
111 docker endpoint
112 --docker-env-metadata-whitelist=""
115 a comma-separated list of environment variable keys that needs to
116 be collected for docker containers
117 --docker-only=false
120 Only report docker containers in addition to root stats
121 --docker-root="/var/lib/docker"
124 DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is a fall‐
125 back, default: /var/lib/docker)
126 --docker-tls=false
129 use TLS to connect to docker
130 --docker-tls-ca="ca.pem"
133 path to trusted CA
134 --docker-tls-cert="cert.pem"
137 path to client certificate
138 --docker-tls-key="key.pem"
141 path to private key
142 --enable-load-reader=false
145 Whether to enable cpu load reader
146 --event-storage-age-limit="default=0"
149 Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
150 comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types
151 (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
152 is applied to all non-specified event types
153 --event-storage-event-limit="default=0"
156 Max number of events to store (per type). Value is a comma sepa‐
157 rated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: cre‐
158 ation, oom) or "default" and the value is an integer. Default is
159 applied to all non-specified event types
160 --global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s
163 Interval between global housekeepings
164 --housekeeping-interval=10s
167 Interval between container housekeepings
168 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false
171 If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
172 This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
173 --kubeconfig=""
176 use a particular kubeconfig file
177 --log-backtrace-at=:0
180 when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
181 --log-cadvisor-usage=false
184 Whether to log the usage of the cAdvisor container
185 --log-dir=""
188 If non-empty, write log files in this directory
189 --log-file=""
192 If non-empty, use this log file
193 --log-file-max-size=1800
196 Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes.
197 If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited.
198 --log-flush-frequency=5s
201 Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
202 --logtostderr=true
205 log to standard error instead of files
206 --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
209 Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the
210 first one that exists.
211 --match-server-version=false
214 Require server version to match client version
215 -n, --namespace=""
218 If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
219 --password=""
222 Password for basic authentication to the API server
223 --profile="none"
226 Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|thread‐
227 create|block|mutex)
228 --profile-output="profile.pprof"
231 Name of the file to write the profile to
232 --request-timeout="0"
235 The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server
236 request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.
237 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.
238 -s, --server=""
241 The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
242 --skip-headers=false
245 If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
246 --skip-log-headers=false
249 If true, avoid headers when opening log files
250 --stderrthreshold=2
253 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
254 --storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s
257 Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration,
258 and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
259 --storage-driver-db="cadvisor"
262 database name
263 --storage-driver-host="localhost:8086"
266 database host:port
267 --storage-driver-password="root"
270 database password
271 --storage-driver-secure=false
274 use secure connection with database
275 --storage-driver-table="stats"
278 table name
279 --storage-driver-user="root"
282 database username
283 --token=""
286 Bearer token for authentication to the API server
287 --update-machine-info-interval=5m0s
290 Interval between machine info updates.
291 --user=""
294 The name of the kubeconfig user to use
295 --username=""
298 Username for basic authentication to the API server
299 -v, --v=0
302 number for the log level verbosity
303 --version=false
306 Print version information and quit
307 --vmodule=
310 comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered log‐
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316 # Set the user field on the gce context entry without touching other values
317 kubectl config set-context gce --user=cluster-admin
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323 kubectl-config(1),
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328 January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
329 com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have
330 been automatically generated since!
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