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6 kubectl diff - Diff live version against would-be applied version
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11 kubectl diff [OPTIONS]
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16 Diff configurations specified by filename or stdin between the current
17 online configuration, and the configuration as it would be if applied.
18 Output is always YAML.
21 KUBECTL_EXTERNAL_DIFF environment variable can be used to select your
24 own diff command. By default, the "diff" command available in your path
25 will be run with "-u" (unicode) and "-N" (treat new files as empty)
26 options.
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31 --experimental-field-manager="kubectl"
32 Name of the manager used to track field ownership. This is an alpha
33 feature and flag.
34 --experimental-force-conflicts=false
37 If true, server-side apply will force the changes against con‐
38 flicts. This is an alpha feature and flag.
39 --experimental-server-side=false
42 If true, apply runs in the server instead of the client. This is an
43 alpha feature and flag.
44 -f, --filename=[]
47 Filename, directory, or URL to files contains the configuration to
48 diff
49 -k, --kustomize=""
52 Process the kustomization directory. This flag can't be used
53 together with -f or -R.
54 -R, --recursive=false
57 Process the directory used in -f, --filename recursively. Useful
58 when you want to manage related manifests organized within the same
59 directory.
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64 --alsologtostderr=false
65 log to standard error as well as files
66 --application-metrics-count-limit=100
69 Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
70 --as=""
73 Username to impersonate for the operation
74 --as-group=[]
77 Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated
78 to specify multiple groups.
79 --azure-container-registry-config=""
82 Path to the file containing Azure container registry configuration
83 information.
84 --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"
87 Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first
88 one that exists.
89 --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/http-cache"
92 Default HTTP cache directory
93 --certificate-authority=""
96 Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
97 --client-certificate=""
100 Path to a client certificate file for TLS
101 --client-key=""
104 Path to a client key file for TLS
105 --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
108 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for LB traffic proxy health checks
109 --cluster=""
112 The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
113 --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"
116 location of the container hints file
117 --containerd="/run/containerd/containerd.sock"
120 containerd endpoint
121 --containerd-namespace="k8s.io"
124 containerd namespace
125 --context=""
128 The name of the kubeconfig context to use
129 --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300
132 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for
133 notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
134 already have such a toleration.
135 --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300
138 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for unreach‐
139 able:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
140 already have such a toleration.
141 --docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
144 docker endpoint
145 --docker-env-metadata-whitelist=""
148 a comma-separated list of environment variable keys that needs to
149 be collected for docker containers
150 --docker-only=false
153 Only report docker containers in addition to root stats
154 --docker-root="/var/lib/docker"
157 DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is a fall‐
158 back, default: /var/lib/docker)
159 --docker-tls=false
162 use TLS to connect to docker
163 --docker-tls-ca="ca.pem"
166 path to trusted CA
167 --docker-tls-cert="cert.pem"
170 path to client certificate
171 --docker-tls-key="key.pem"
174 path to private key
175 --enable-load-reader=false
178 Whether to enable cpu load reader
179 --event-storage-age-limit="default=0"
182 Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
183 comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types
184 (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
185 is applied to all non-specified event types
186 --event-storage-event-limit="default=0"
189 Max number of events to store (per type). Value is a comma sepa‐
190 rated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: cre‐
191 ation, oom) or "default" and the value is an integer. Default is
192 applied to all non-specified event types
193 --global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s
196 Interval between global housekeepings
197 --housekeeping-interval=10s
200 Interval between container housekeepings
201 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false
204 If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
205 This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
206 --kubeconfig=""
209 Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
210 --log-backtrace-at=:0
213 when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
214 --log-cadvisor-usage=false
217 Whether to log the usage of the cAdvisor container
218 --log-dir=""
221 If non-empty, write log files in this directory
222 --log-file=""
225 If non-empty, use this log file
226 --log-file-max-size=1800
229 Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes.
230 If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited.
231 --log-flush-frequency=5s
234 Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
235 --logtostderr=true
238 log to standard error instead of files
239 --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
242 Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the
243 first one that exists.
244 --match-server-version=false
247 Require server version to match client version
248 -n, --namespace=""
251 If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
252 --password=""
255 Password for basic authentication to the API server
256 --profile="none"
259 Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|thread‐
260 create|block|mutex)
261 --profile-output="profile.pprof"
264 Name of the file to write the profile to
265 --request-timeout="0"
268 The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server
269 request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.
270 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.
271 -s, --server=""
274 The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
275 --skip-headers=false
278 If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
279 --skip-log-headers=false
282 If true, avoid headers when opening log files
283 --stderrthreshold=2
286 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
287 --storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s
290 Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration,
291 and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
292 --storage-driver-db="cadvisor"
295 database name
296 --storage-driver-host="localhost:8086"
299 database host:port
300 --storage-driver-password="root"
303 database password
304 --storage-driver-secure=false
307 use secure connection with database
308 --storage-driver-table="stats"
311 table name
312 --storage-driver-user="root"
315 database username
316 --token=""
319 Bearer token for authentication to the API server
320 --update-machine-info-interval=5m0s
323 Interval between machine info updates.
324 --user=""
327 The name of the kubeconfig user to use
328 --username=""
331 Username for basic authentication to the API server
332 -v, --v=0
335 number for the log level verbosity
336 --version=false
339 Print version information and quit
340 --vmodule=
343 comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered log‐
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349 # Diff resources included in pod.json.
350 kubectl diff -f pod.json
351 # Diff file read from stdin
353 cat service.yaml | kubectl diff -f -
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364 January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
365 com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have
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