1KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes) KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes)
2Eric Paris Jan 2015
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9 kubectl config rename-context - Renames a context from the kubeconfig
10 file.
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15 kubectl config rename-context [OPTIONS]
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20 Renames a context from the kubeconfig file.
21 CONTEXT_NAME is the context name that you wish to change.
24 NEW_NAME is the new name you wish to set.
27 Note: In case the context being renamed is the 'current-context', this
30 field will also be updated.
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35 --add-dir-header=false If true, adds the file directory to the
36 header of the log messages
37 --alsologtostderr=false log to standard error as well as files
40 --application-metrics-count-limit=100 Max number of application
43 metrics to store (per container)
44 --as="" Username to impersonate for the operation
47 --as-group=[] Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag
50 can be repeated to specify multiple groups.
51 --azure-container-registry-config="" Path to the file containing
54 Azure container registry configuration information.
55 --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id" Comma-separated
58 list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first one that exists.
59 --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/cache" Default cache directory
62 --certificate-authority="" Path to a cert file for the certificate
65 authority
66 --client-certificate="" Path to a client certificate file for TLS
69 --client-key="" Path to a client key file for TLS
72 --cloud-provider-gce-l7lb-src-cidrs=130.211.0.0/22,35.191.0.0/16
75 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L7 LB traffic proxy health
76 checks
77 --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
80 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L4 LB traffic proxy health
81 checks
82 --cluster="" The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
85 --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json" location of
88 the container hints file
89 --containerd="/run/containerd/containerd.sock" containerd endpoint
92 --containerd-namespace="k8s.io" containerd namespace
95 --context="" The name of the kubeconfig context to use
98 --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300 Indicates the tolera‐
101 tionSeconds of the toleration for notReady:NoExecute that is added by
102 default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.
103 --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300 Indicates the tolera‐
106 tionSeconds of the toleration for unreachable:NoExecute that is added
107 by default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.
108 --disable-root-cgroup-stats=false Disable collecting root Cgroup
111 stats
112 --docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock" docker endpoint
115 --docker-env-metadata-whitelist="" a comma-separated list of envi‐
118 ronment variable keys matched with specified prefix that needs to be
119 collected for docker containers
120 --docker-only=false Only report docker containers in addition to
123 root stats
124 --docker-root="/var/lib/docker" DEPRECATED: docker root is read
127 from docker info (this is a fallback, default: /var/lib/docker)
128 --docker-tls=false use TLS to connect to docker
131 --docker-tls-ca="ca.pem" path to trusted CA
134 --docker-tls-cert="cert.pem" path to client certificate
137 --docker-tls-key="key.pem" path to private key
140 --enable-load-reader=false Whether to enable cpu load reader
143 --event-storage-age-limit="default=0" Max length of time for which
146 to store events (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key val‐
147 ues, where the keys are event types (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default"
148 and the value is a duration. Default is applied to all non-specified
149 event types
150 --event-storage-event-limit="default=0" Max number of events to
153 store (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key values, where
154 the keys are event types (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the
155 value is an integer. Default is applied to all non-specified event
156 types
157 --global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s Interval between global house‐
160 keepings
161 --housekeeping-interval=10s Interval between container housekeep‐
164 ings
165 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false If true, the server's certificate
168 will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections
169 insecure
170 --kubeconfig="" use a particular kubeconfig file
173 --log-backtrace-at=:0 when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack
176 trace
177 --log-cadvisor-usage=false Whether to log the usage of the cAdvi‐
180 sor container
181 --log-dir="" If non-empty, write log files in this directory
184 --log-file="" If non-empty, use this log file
187 --log-file-max-size=1800 Defines the maximum size a log file can
190 grow to. Unit is megabytes. If the value is 0, the maximum file size is
191 unlimited.
192 --log-flush-frequency=5s Maximum number of seconds between log
195 flushes
196 --logtostderr=true log to standard error instead of files
199 --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
202 Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the
203 first one that exists.
204 --match-server-version=false Require server version to match
207 client version
208 -n, --namespace="" If present, the namespace scope for this CLI
211 request
212 --one-output=false If true, only write logs to their native sever‐
215 ity level (vs also writing to each lower severity level
216 --password="" Password for basic authentication to the API server
219 --profile="none" Name of profile to capture. One of
222 (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex)
223 --profile-output="profile.pprof" Name of the file to write the
226 profile to
227 --referenced-reset-interval=0 Reset interval for referenced bytes
230 (container_referenced_bytes metric), number of measurement cycles after
231 which referenced bytes are cleared, if set to 0 referenced bytes are
232 never cleared (default: 0)
233 --request-timeout="0" The length of time to wait before giving up
236 on a single server request. Non-zero values should contain a corre‐
237 sponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't time‐
238 out requests.
239 -s, --server="" The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
242 --skip-headers=false If true, avoid header prefixes in the log
245 messages
246 --skip-log-headers=false If true, avoid headers when opening log
249 files
250 --stderrthreshold=2 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
253 --storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s Writes in the storage driver
256 will be buffered for this duration, and committed to the non memory
257 backends as a single transaction
258 --storage-driver-db="cadvisor" database name
261 --storage-driver-host="localhost:8086" database host:port
264 --storage-driver-password="root" database password
267 --storage-driver-secure=false use secure connection with database
270 --storage-driver-table="stats" table name
273 --storage-driver-user="root" database username
276 --tls-server-name="" Server name to use for server certificate
279 validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the
280 server is used
281 --token="" Bearer token for authentication to the API server
284 --update-machine-info-interval=5m0s Interval between machine info
287 updates.
288 --user="" The name of the kubeconfig user to use
291 --username="" Username for basic authentication to the API server
294 -v, --v=0 number for the log level verbosity
297 --version=false Print version information and quit
300 --vmodule= comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for
303 file-filtered logging
304 --warnings-as-errors=false Treat warnings received from the server
307 as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code
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312 # Rename the context 'old-name' to 'new-name' in your kubeconfig file
313 kubectl config rename-context old-name new-name
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319 kubectl-config(1),
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324 January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
325 com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have
326 been automatically generated since!
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