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NAME

6       kubectl create secret tls - Create a TLS secret
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SYNOPSIS

11       kubectl create secret tls [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

16       Create a TLS secret from the given public/private key pair.
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19       The public/private key pair must exist before hand. The public key cer‐
20       tificate must be .PEM encoded and match the given private key.
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OPTIONS

25       --allow-missing-template-keys=true
26           If true, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key  is
27       missing  in  the  template.  Only applies to golang and jsonpath output
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31       --append-hash=false
32           Append a hash of the secret to its name.
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36           Path to PEM encoded public key certificate.
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40           If true, only print the object that would be sent, without  sending
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45           The name of the API generator to use.
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53           Output    format.    One   of:   json|yaml|name|go-template|go-tem‐
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57       --save-config=false
58           If true, the configuration of current object will be saved  in  its
59       annotation.  Otherwise,  the annotation will be unchanged. This flag is
60       useful when you want to perform kubectl apply on  this  object  in  the
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65           Template  string  or  path  to template file to use when -o=go-tem‐
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67http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview⟩].
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OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

76       --alsologtostderr=false
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81           Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
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89           Group  to  impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated
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94           Path to the file containing Azure container registry  configuration
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99           Comma-separated  list  of files to check for boot-id. Use the first
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119       --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
120           CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for LB traffic proxy  health checks
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144           Indicates    the    tolerationSeconds   of   the   toleration   for
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150           Indicates  the  tolerationSeconds  of  the  toleration for unreach‐
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160           a  comma-separated  list of environment variable keys that needs to
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169           DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is  a  fall‐
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194           Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
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196       (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
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201           Max number of events to store (per type). Value is  a  comma  sepa‐
202       rated  list  of  key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: cre‐
203       ation, oom) or "default" and  the  value  is  an  integer.  Default  is
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216           If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
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254           Comma-separated  list  of  files  to  check for machine-id. Use the
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302           Writes  in  the  storage driver will be buffered for this duration,
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EXAMPLE

361                # Create a new TLS secret named tls-secret with the given key pair:
362                kubectl create secret tls tls-secret --cert=path/to/tls.cert --key=path/to/tls.key
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SEE ALSO

368       kubectl-create-secret(1),
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HISTORY

373       January  2015,  Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
374       com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully  they  have
375       been automatically generated since!
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379Eric Paris                  kubernetes User Manuals              KUBERNETES(1)
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