1KUBERNETES(1) Jan 2015 KUBERNETES(1)
2
6 kubectl cp - Copy files and directories to and from containers.
7
11 kubectl cp [OPTIONS]
12
16 Copy files and directories to and from containers.
17
21 -c, --container=""
22 Container name. If omitted, the first container in the pod will be
23 chosen
24 --no-preserve=false
27 The copied file/directory's ownership and permissions will not be
28 preserved in the container
29
33 --alsologtostderr=false
34 log to standard error as well as files
35 --application-metrics-count-limit=100
38 Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
39 --as=""
42 Username to impersonate for the operation
43 --as-group=[]
46 Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated
47 to specify multiple groups.
48 --azure-container-registry-config=""
51 Path to the file containing Azure container registry configuration
52 information.
53 --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"
56 Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first
57 one that exists.
58 --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/http-cache"
61 Default HTTP cache directory
62 --certificate-authority=""
65 Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
66 --client-certificate=""
69 Path to a client certificate file for TLS
70 --client-key=""
73 Path to a client key file for TLS
74 --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
77 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for LB traffic proxy health checks
78 --cluster=""
81 The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
82 --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"
85 location of the container hints file
86 --containerd="/run/containerd/containerd.sock"
89 containerd endpoint
90 --containerd-namespace="k8s.io"
93 containerd namespace
94 --context=""
97 The name of the kubeconfig context to use
98 --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300
101 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for
102 notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
103 already have such a toleration.
104 --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300
107 Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for unreach‐
108 able:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not
109 already have such a toleration.
110 --docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
113 docker endpoint
114 --docker-env-metadata-whitelist=""
117 a comma-separated list of environment variable keys that needs to
118 be collected for docker containers
119 --docker-only=false
122 Only report docker containers in addition to root stats
123 --docker-root="/var/lib/docker"
126 DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is a fall‐
127 back, default: /var/lib/docker)
128 --docker-tls=false
131 use TLS to connect to docker
132 --docker-tls-ca="ca.pem"
135 path to trusted CA
136 --docker-tls-cert="cert.pem"
139 path to client certificate
140 --docker-tls-key="key.pem"
143 path to private key
144 --enable-load-reader=false
147 Whether to enable cpu load reader
148 --event-storage-age-limit="default=0"
151 Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a
152 comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types
153 (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default
154 is applied to all non-specified event types
155 --event-storage-event-limit="default=0"
158 Max number of events to store (per type). Value is a comma sepa‐
159 rated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: cre‐
160 ation, oom) or "default" and the value is an integer. Default is
161 applied to all non-specified event types
162 --global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s
165 Interval between global housekeepings
166 --housekeeping-interval=10s
169 Interval between container housekeepings
170 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false
173 If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity.
174 This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
175 --kubeconfig=""
178 Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
179 --log-backtrace-at=:0
182 when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
183 --log-cadvisor-usage=false
186 Whether to log the usage of the cAdvisor container
187 --log-dir=""
190 If non-empty, write log files in this directory
191 --log-file=""
194 If non-empty, use this log file
195 --log-file-max-size=1800
198 Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes.
199 If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited.
200 --log-flush-frequency=5s
203 Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
204 --logtostderr=true
207 log to standard error instead of files
208 --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
211 Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the
212 first one that exists.
213 --match-server-version=false
216 Require server version to match client version
217 -n, --namespace=""
220 If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
221 --password=""
224 Password for basic authentication to the API server
225 --profile="none"
228 Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|thread‐
229 create|block|mutex)
230 --profile-output="profile.pprof"
233 Name of the file to write the profile to
234 --request-timeout="0"
237 The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server
238 request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g.
239 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.
240 -s, --server=""
243 The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
244 --skip-headers=false
247 If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
248 --skip-log-headers=false
251 If true, avoid headers when opening log files
252 --stderrthreshold=2
255 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
256 --storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s
259 Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration,
260 and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
261 --storage-driver-db="cadvisor"
264 database name
265 --storage-driver-host="localhost:8086"
268 database host:port
269 --storage-driver-password="root"
272 database password
273 --storage-driver-secure=false
276 use secure connection with database
277 --storage-driver-table="stats"
280 table name
281 --storage-driver-user="root"
284 database username
285 --token=""
288 Bearer token for authentication to the API server
289 --update-machine-info-interval=5m0s
292 Interval between machine info updates.
293 --user=""
296 The name of the kubeconfig user to use
297 --username=""
300 Username for basic authentication to the API server
301 -v, --v=0
304 number for the log level verbosity
305 --version=false
308 Print version information and quit
309 --vmodule=
312 comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered log‐
313 ging
314
318 # !!!Important Note!!!
319 # Requires that the 'tar' binary is present in your container
320 # image. If 'tar' is not present, 'kubectl cp' will fail.
321 # Copy /tmp/foo_dir local directory to /tmp/bar_dir in a remote pod in the default namespace
323 kubectl cp /tmp/foo_dir <some-pod>:/tmp/bar_dir
324 # Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in a specific container
326 kubectl cp /tmp/foo <some-pod>:/tmp/bar -c <specific-container>
327 # Copy /tmp/foo local file to /tmp/bar in a remote pod in namespace <some-namespace>
329 kubectl cp /tmp/foo <some-namespace>/<some-pod>:/tmp/bar
330 # Copy /tmp/foo from a remote pod to /tmp/bar locally
332 kubectl cp <some-namespace>/<some-pod>:/tmp/foo /tmp/bar
333
338 kubectl(1),
339
343 January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
344 com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have
345 been automatically generated since!
346Eric Paris kubernetes User Manuals KUBERNETES(1)