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6 kubectl create - Create a resource from a file or from stdin.
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11 kubectl create [OPTIONS]
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16 Create a resource from a file or from stdin.
17 JSON and YAML formats are accepted.
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24 --allow-missing-template-keys=true
25 If true, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is
26 missing in the template. Only applies to golang and jsonpath output
27 formats.
28 --dry-run=false
31 If true, only print the object that would be sent, without sending
32 it.
33 --edit=false
36 Edit the API resource before creating
37 -f, --filename=[]
40 Filename, directory, or URL to files to use to create the resource
41 -k, --kustomize=""
44 Process the kustomization directory. This flag can't be used
45 together with -f or -R.
46 -o, --output=""
49 Output format. One of: json|yaml|name|go-template|go-tem‐
50 plate-file|template|templatefile|jsonpath|jsonpath-file.
51 --raw=""
54 Raw URI to POST to the server. Uses the transport specified by the
55 kubeconfig file.
56 --record=false
59 Record current kubectl command in the resource annotation. If set
60 to false, do not record the command. If set to true, record the com‐
61 mand. If not set, default to updating the existing annotation value
62 only if one already exists.
63 -R, --recursive=false
66 Process the directory used in -f, --filename recursively. Useful
67 when you want to manage related manifests organized within the same
68 directory.
69 --save-config=false
72 If true, the configuration of current object will be saved in its
73 annotation. Otherwise, the annotation will be unchanged. This flag is
74 useful when you want to perform kubectl apply on this object in the
75 future.
76 -l, --selector=""
79 Selector (label query) to filter on, supports '=', '==', and
80 '!='.(e.g. -l key1=value1,key2=value2)
81 --template=""
84 Template string or path to template file to use when -o=go-tem‐
85 plate, -o=go-template-file. The template format is golang templates [
86 ⟨http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview⟩].
87 --validate=true
90 If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it
91 --windows-line-endings=false
94 Only relevant if --edit=true. Defaults to the line ending native to
95 your platform.
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100 --alsologtostderr=false
101 log to standard error as well as files
102 --application-metrics-count-limit=100
105 Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
106 --as=""
109 Username to impersonate for the operation
110 --as-group=[]
113 Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated
114 to specify multiple groups.
115 --azure-container-registry-config=""
118 Path to the file containing Azure container registry configuration
119 information.
120 --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"
123 Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first
124 one that exists.
125 --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/http-cache"
128 Default HTTP cache directory
129 --certificate-authority=""
132 Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
133 --client-certificate=""
136 Path to a client certificate file for TLS
137 --client-key=""
140 Path to a client key file for TLS
141 --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
144 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for LB traffic proxy health checks
145 --cluster=""
148 The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
149 --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"
152 location of the container hints file
153 --containerd="/run/containerd/containerd.sock"
156 containerd endpoint
157 --containerd-namespace="k8s.io"
160 containerd namespace
161 --context=""
164 The name of the kubeconfig context to use
165 --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300
168 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for
169 notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
170 already have such a toleration.
171 --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300
174 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for unreach‐
175 able:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
176 already have such a toleration.
177 --docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
180 docker endpoint
181 --docker-env-metadata-whitelist=""
184 a comma-separated list of environment variable keys that needs to
185 be collected for docker containers
186 --docker-only=false
189 Only report docker containers in addition to root stats
190 --docker-root="/var/lib/docker"
193 DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is a fall‐
194 back, default: /var/lib/docker)
195 --docker-tls=false
198 use TLS to connect to docker
199 --docker-tls-ca="ca.pem"
202 path to trusted CA
203 --docker-tls-cert="cert.pem"
206 path to client certificate
207 --docker-tls-key="key.pem"
210 path to private key
211 --enable-load-reader=false
214 Whether to enable cpu load reader
215 --event-storage-age-limit="default=0"
218 Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
219 comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types
220 (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
221 is applied to all non-specified event types
222 --event-storage-event-limit="default=0"
225 Max number of events to store (per type). Value is a comma sepa‐
226 rated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: cre‐
227 ation, oom) or "default" and the value is an integer. Default is
228 applied to all non-specified event types
229 --global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s
232 Interval between global housekeepings
233 --housekeeping-interval=10s
236 Interval between container housekeepings
237 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false
240 If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
241 This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
242 --kubeconfig=""
245 Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
246 --log-backtrace-at=:0
249 when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
250 --log-cadvisor-usage=false
253 Whether to log the usage of the cAdvisor container
254 --log-dir=""
257 If non-empty, write log files in this directory
258 --log-file=""
261 If non-empty, use this log file
262 --log-file-max-size=1800
265 Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes.
266 If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited.
267 --log-flush-frequency=5s
270 Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
271 --logtostderr=true
274 log to standard error instead of files
275 --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
278 Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the
279 first one that exists.
280 --match-server-version=false
283 Require server version to match client version
284 -n, --namespace=""
287 If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
288 --password=""
291 Password for basic authentication to the API server
292 --profile="none"
295 Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|thread‐
296 create|block|mutex)
297 --profile-output="profile.pprof"
300 Name of the file to write the profile to
301 --request-timeout="0"
304 The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server
305 request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.
306 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.
307 -s, --server=""
310 The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
311 --skip-headers=false
314 If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
315 --skip-log-headers=false
318 If true, avoid headers when opening log files
319 --stderrthreshold=2
322 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
323 --storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s
326 Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration,
327 and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
328 --storage-driver-db="cadvisor"
331 database name
332 --storage-driver-host="localhost:8086"
335 database host:port
336 --storage-driver-password="root"
339 database password
340 --storage-driver-secure=false
343 use secure connection with database
344 --storage-driver-table="stats"
347 table name
348 --storage-driver-user="root"
351 database username
352 --token=""
355 Bearer token for authentication to the API server
356 --update-machine-info-interval=5m0s
359 Interval between machine info updates.
360 --user=""
363 The name of the kubeconfig user to use
364 --username=""
367 Username for basic authentication to the API server
368 -v, --v=0
371 number for the log level verbosity
372 --version=false
375 Print version information and quit
376 --vmodule=
379 comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered log‐
380 ging
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385 # Create a pod using the data in pod.json.
386 kubectl create -f ./pod.json
387 # Create a pod based on the JSON passed into stdin.
389 cat pod.json | kubectl create -f -
390 # Edit the data in docker-registry.yaml in JSON then create the resource using the edited data.
392 kubectl create -f docker-registry.yaml --edit -o json
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398 kubectl(1), kubectl-create-clusterrole(1), kubectl-create-cluster‐
399 rolebinding(1), kubectl-create-configmap(1), kubectl-create-cronjob(1),
400 kubectl-create-deployment(1), kubectl-create-job(1), kubectl-cre‐
401 ate-namespace(1), kubectl-create-poddisruptionbudget(1), kubectl-cre‐
402 ate-priorityclass(1), kubectl-create-quota(1), kubectl-create-role(1),
403 kubectl-create-rolebinding(1), kubectl-create-secret(1), kubectl-cre‐
404 ate-service(1), kubectl-create-serviceaccount(1),
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409 January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
410 com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have
411 been automatically generated since!
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