1KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes) KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes)
2Eric Paris Jan 2015
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9 kubectl create - Create a resource from a file or from stdin.
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14 kubectl create [OPTIONS]
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19 Create a resource from a file or from stdin.
20 JSON and YAML formats are accepted.
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27 --allow-missing-template-keys=true If true, ignore any errors in
28 templates when a field or map key is missing in the template. Only ap‐
29 plies to golang and jsonpath output formats.
30 --dry-run="none" Must be "none", "server", or "client". If client
33 strategy, only print the object that would be sent, without sending it.
34 If server strategy, submit server-side request without persisting the
35 resource.
36 --edit=false Edit the API resource before creating
39 --field-manager="kubectl-create" Name of the manager used to track
42 field ownership.
43 -f, --filename=[] Filename, directory, or URL to files to use to
46 create the resource
47 -k, --kustomize="" Process the kustomization directory. This flag
50 can't be used together with -f or -R.
51 -o, --output="" Output format. One of: json|yaml|name|go-tem‐
54 plate|go-template-file|template|templatefile|jsonpath|json‐
55 path-as-json|jsonpath-file.
56 --raw="" Raw URI to POST to the server. Uses the transport speci‐
59 fied by the kubeconfig file.
60 --record=false Record current kubectl command in the resource an‐
63 notation. If set to false, do not record the command. If set to true,
64 record the command. If not set, default to updating the existing anno‐
65 tation value only if one already exists.
66 -R, --recursive=false Process the directory used in -f, --filename
69 recursively. Useful when you want to manage related manifests organized
70 within the same directory.
71 --save-config=false If true, the configuration of current object
74 will be saved in its annotation. Otherwise, the annotation will be un‐
75 changed. This flag is useful when you want to perform kubectl apply on
76 this object in the future.
77 -l, --selector="" Selector (label query) to filter on, supports
80 '=', '==', and '!='.(e.g. -l key1=value1,key2=value2)
81 --template="" Template string or path to template file to use when
84 -o=go-template, -o=go-template-file. The template format is golang tem‐
85 plates [http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview].
86 --validate=true If true, use a schema to validate the input before
89 sending it
90 --windows-line-endings=false Only relevant if --edit=true. De‐
93 faults to the line ending native to your platform.
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98 --add-dir-header=false If true, adds the file directory to the
99 header of the log messages
100 --alsologtostderr=false log to standard error as well as files
103 --application-metrics-count-limit=100 Max number of application
106 metrics to store (per container)
107 --as="" Username to impersonate for the operation
110 --as-group=[] Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag
113 can be repeated to specify multiple groups.
114 --azure-container-registry-config="" Path to the file containing
117 Azure container registry configuration information.
118 --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id" Comma-separated
121 list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first one that exists.
122 --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/cache" Default cache directory
125 --certificate-authority="" Path to a cert file for the certificate
128 authority
129 --client-certificate="" Path to a client certificate file for TLS
132 --client-key="" Path to a client key file for TLS
135 --cloud-provider-gce-l7lb-src-cidrs=130.211.0.0/22,35.191.0.0/16
138 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L7 LB traffic proxy health
139 checks
140 --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
143 CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L4 LB traffic proxy health
144 checks
145 --cluster="" The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
148 --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json" location of
151 the container hints file
152 --containerd="/run/containerd/containerd.sock" containerd endpoint
155 --containerd-namespace="k8s.io" containerd namespace
158 --context="" The name of the kubeconfig context to use
161 --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300 Indicates the tolera‐
164 tionSeconds of the toleration for notReady:NoExecute that is added by
165 default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.
166 --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300 Indicates the tolera‐
169 tionSeconds of the toleration for unreachable:NoExecute that is added
170 by default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.
171 --disable-root-cgroup-stats=false Disable collecting root Cgroup
174 stats
175 --docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock" docker endpoint
178 --docker-env-metadata-whitelist="" a comma-separated list of envi‐
181 ronment variable keys matched with specified prefix that needs to be
182 collected for docker containers
183 --docker-only=false Only report docker containers in addition to
186 root stats
187 --docker-root="/var/lib/docker" DEPRECATED: docker root is read
190 from docker info (this is a fallback, default: /var/lib/docker)
191 --docker-tls=false use TLS to connect to docker
194 --docker-tls-ca="ca.pem" path to trusted CA
197 --docker-tls-cert="cert.pem" path to client certificate
200 --docker-tls-key="key.pem" path to private key
203 --enable-load-reader=false Whether to enable cpu load reader
206 --event-storage-age-limit="default=0" Max length of time for which
209 to store events (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key val‐
210 ues, where the keys are event types (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default"
211 and the value is a duration. Default is applied to all non-specified
212 event types
213 --event-storage-event-limit="default=0" Max number of events to
216 store (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key values, where
217 the keys are event types (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the
218 value is an integer. Default is applied to all non-specified event
219 types
220 --global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s Interval between global house‐
223 keepings
224 --housekeeping-interval=10s Interval between container housekeep‐
227 ings
228 --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false If true, the server's certificate
231 will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections
232 insecure
233 --kubeconfig="" Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI re‐
236 quests.
237 --log-backtrace-at=:0 when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack
240 trace
241 --log-cadvisor-usage=false Whether to log the usage of the cAdvi‐
244 sor container
245 --log-dir="" If non-empty, write log files in this directory
248 --log-file="" If non-empty, use this log file
251 --log-file-max-size=1800 Defines the maximum size a log file can
254 grow to. Unit is megabytes. If the value is 0, the maximum file size is
255 unlimited.
256 --log-flush-frequency=5s Maximum number of seconds between log
259 flushes
260 --logtostderr=true log to standard error instead of files
263 --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
266 Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the
267 first one that exists.
268 --match-server-version=false Require server version to match
271 client version
272 -n, --namespace="" If present, the namespace scope for this CLI
275 request
276 --one-output=false If true, only write logs to their native sever‐
279 ity level (vs also writing to each lower severity level
280 --password="" Password for basic authentication to the API server
283 --profile="none" Name of profile to capture. One of
286 (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex)
287 --profile-output="profile.pprof" Name of the file to write the
290 profile to
291 --referenced-reset-interval=0 Reset interval for referenced bytes
294 (container_referenced_bytes metric), number of measurement cycles after
295 which referenced bytes are cleared, if set to 0 referenced bytes are
296 never cleared (default: 0)
297 --request-timeout="0" The length of time to wait before giving up
300 on a single server request. Non-zero values should contain a corre‐
301 sponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't time‐
302 out requests.
303 -s, --server="" The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
306 --skip-headers=false If true, avoid header prefixes in the log
309 messages
310 --skip-log-headers=false If true, avoid headers when opening log
313 files
314 --stderrthreshold=2 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
317 --storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s Writes in the storage driver
320 will be buffered for this duration, and committed to the non memory
321 backends as a single transaction
322 --storage-driver-db="cadvisor" database name
325 --storage-driver-host="localhost:8086" database host:port
328 --storage-driver-password="root" database password
331 --storage-driver-secure=false use secure connection with database
334 --storage-driver-table="stats" table name
337 --storage-driver-user="root" database username
340 --tls-server-name="" Server name to use for server certificate
343 validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the
344 server is used
345 --token="" Bearer token for authentication to the API server
348 --update-machine-info-interval=5m0s Interval between machine info
351 updates.
352 --user="" The name of the kubeconfig user to use
355 --username="" Username for basic authentication to the API server
358 -v, --v=0 number for the log level verbosity
361 --version=false Print version information and quit
364 --vmodule= comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for
367 file-filtered logging
368 --warnings-as-errors=false Treat warnings received from the server
371 as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code
372
376 # Create a pod using the data in pod.json.
377 kubectl create -f ./pod.json
378 # Create a pod based on the JSON passed into stdin.
380 cat pod.json | kubectl create -f -
381 # Edit the data in docker-registry.yaml in JSON then create the resource using the edited data.
383 kubectl create -f docker-registry.yaml --edit -o json
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389 kubectl(1), kubectl-create-clusterrole(1), kubectl-create-cluster‐
390 rolebinding(1), kubectl-create-configmap(1), kubectl-create-cronjob(1),
391 kubectl-create-deployment(1), kubectl-create-ingress(1), kubectl-cre‐
392 ate-job(1), kubectl-create-namespace(1), kubectl-create-poddisruption‐
393 budget(1), kubectl-create-priorityclass(1), kubectl-create-quota(1),
394 kubectl-create-role(1), kubectl-create-rolebinding(1), kubectl-cre‐
395 ate-secret(1), kubectl-create-service(1), kubectl-create-serviceac‐
396 count(1),
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401 January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at redhat dot
402 com) based on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have
403 been automatically generated since!
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