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6 kubectl config use-context - Sets the current-context in a kubeconfig
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12 kubectl config use-context [OPTIONS]
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17 Sets the current-context in a kubeconfig file
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22 --alsologtostderr=false
23 log to standard error as well as files
24 --application-metrics-count-limit=100
27 Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
28 --as=""
31 Username to impersonate for the operation
32 --as-group=[]
35 Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated
36 to specify multiple groups.
37 --azure-container-registry-config=""
40 Path to the file containing Azure container registry configuration
41 information.
42 --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"
45 Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first
46 one that exists.
47 --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/http-cache"
50 Default HTTP cache directory
51 --certificate-authority=""
54 Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
55 --client-certificate=""
58 Path to a client certificate file for TLS
59 --client-key=""
62 Path to a client key file for TLS
63 --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
66 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for LB traffic proxy health checks
67 --cluster=""
70 The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
71 --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"
74 location of the container hints file
75 --containerd="/run/containerd/containerd.sock"
78 containerd endpoint
79 --containerd-namespace="k8s.io"
82 containerd namespace
83 --context=""
86 The name of the kubeconfig context to use
87 --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300
90 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for
91 notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
92 already have such a toleration.
93 --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300
96 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for unreach‐
97 able:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
98 already have such a toleration.
99 --docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
102 docker endpoint
103 --docker-env-metadata-whitelist=""
106 a comma-separated list of environment variable keys that needs to
107 be collected for docker containers
108 --docker-only=false
111 Only report docker containers in addition to root stats
112 --docker-root="/var/lib/docker"
115 DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is a fall‐
116 back, default: /var/lib/docker)
117 --docker-tls=false
120 use TLS to connect to docker
121 --docker-tls-ca="ca.pem"
124 path to trusted CA
125 --docker-tls-cert="cert.pem"
128 path to client certificate
129 --docker-tls-key="key.pem"
132 path to private key
133 --enable-load-reader=false
136 Whether to enable cpu load reader
137 --event-storage-age-limit="default=0"
140 Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
141 comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types
142 (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
143 is applied to all non-specified event types
144 --event-storage-event-limit="default=0"
147 Max number of events to store (per type). Value is a comma sepa‐
148 rated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: cre‐
149 ation, oom) or "default" and the value is an integer. Default is
150 applied to all non-specified event types
151 --global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s
154 Interval between global housekeepings
155 --housekeeping-interval=10s
158 Interval between container housekeepings
159 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false
162 If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
163 This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
164 --kubeconfig=""
167 use a particular kubeconfig file
168 --log-backtrace-at=:0
171 when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
172 --log-cadvisor-usage=false
175 Whether to log the usage of the cAdvisor container
176 --log-dir=""
179 If non-empty, write log files in this directory
180 --log-file=""
183 If non-empty, use this log file
184 --log-file-max-size=1800
187 Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes.
188 If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited.
189 --log-flush-frequency=5s
192 Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
193 --logtostderr=true
196 log to standard error instead of files
197 --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
200 Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the
201 first one that exists.
202 --match-server-version=false
205 Require server version to match client version
206 -n, --namespace=""
209 If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
210 --password=""
213 Password for basic authentication to the API server
214 --profile="none"
217 Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|thread‐
218 create|block|mutex)
219 --profile-output="profile.pprof"
222 Name of the file to write the profile to
223 --request-timeout="0"
226 The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server
227 request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.
228 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.
229 -s, --server=""
232 The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
233 --skip-headers=false
236 If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
237 --skip-log-headers=false
240 If true, avoid headers when opening log files
241 --stderrthreshold=2
244 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
245 --storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s
248 Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration,
249 and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
250 --storage-driver-db="cadvisor"
253 database name
254 --storage-driver-host="localhost:8086"
257 database host:port
258 --storage-driver-password="root"
261 database password
262 --storage-driver-secure=false
265 use secure connection with database
266 --storage-driver-table="stats"
269 table name
270 --storage-driver-user="root"
273 database username
274 --token=""
277 Bearer token for authentication to the API server
278 --update-machine-info-interval=5m0s
281 Interval between machine info updates.
282 --user=""
285 The name of the kubeconfig user to use
286 --username=""
289 Username for basic authentication to the API server
290 -v, --v=0
293 number for the log level verbosity
294 --version=false
297 Print version information and quit
298 --vmodule=
301 comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered log‐
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307 # Use the context for the minikube cluster
308 kubectl config use-context minikube
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314 kubectl-config(1),
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319 January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
320 com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have
321 been automatically generated since!
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