1KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes)                            KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes)
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NAME

9       kubectl create namespace - Create a namespace with the specified name
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SYNOPSIS

14       kubectl create namespace [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

19       Create a namespace with the specified name.
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OPTIONS

24       --allow-missing-template-keys=true       If  true, ignore any errors in
25       templates when a field or map key is missing in the template. Only  ap‐
26       plies to golang and jsonpath output formats.
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29       --dry-run="none"       Must be "none", "server", or "client". If client
30       strategy, only print the object that would be sent, without sending it.
31       If  server  strategy, submit server-side request without persisting the
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35       --field-manager="kubectl-create"      Name of the manager used to track
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39       --generator="namespace/v1"      The name of the API generator to use.
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42       -o,  --output=""       Output  format.  One  of: json|yaml|name|go-tem‐
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47       --save-config=false       If  true, the configuration of current object
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49       changed.  This flag is useful when you want to perform kubectl apply on
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54       -o=go-template, -o=go-template-file. The template format is golang tem‐
55       plates [http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview].
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OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

64       --add-dir-header=false       If  true,  adds  the file directory to the
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71       --application-metrics-count-limit=100      Max  number  of  application
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75       --as=""      Username to impersonate for the operation
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82       --azure-container-registry-config=""      Path to the  file  containing
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103       --cloud-provider-gce-l7lb-src-cidrs=130.211.0.0/22,35.191.0.0/16
104            CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for  L7  LB  traffic  proxy    health
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108       --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
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113       --cluster=""      The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
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130       tionSeconds  of  the toleration for notReady:NoExecute that is added by
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135       tionSeconds  of  the toleration for unreachable:NoExecute that is added
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139       --disable-root-cgroup-stats=false      Disable collecting  root  Cgroup
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175       to store events (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key val‐
176       ues,  where the keys are event types (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default"
177       and the value is a duration. Default is applied  to  all  non-specified
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182       store (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key values,  where
183       the  keys  are  event  types (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the
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196       --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false      If true, the server's certificate
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232            Comma-separated list of files to check  for  machine-id.  Use  the
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261       which referenced bytes are cleared, if set to 0  referenced  bytes  are
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267       sponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't time‐
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EXAMPLE

342                # Create a new namespace named my-namespace
343                kubectl create namespace my-namespace
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SEE ALSO

349       kubectl-create(1),
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HISTORY

354       January  2015,  Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
355       com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully  they  have
356       been automatically generated since!
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