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

9       kubectl version - Print the client and server version information
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SYNOPSIS

14       kubectl version [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

19       Print the client and server version information for the current context
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OPTIONS

24       --client=false       If  true, shows client version only (no server re‐
25       quired).
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28       -o, --output=""      One of 'yaml' or 'json'.
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31       --short=false      If true, print just the version number.
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OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

36       --add-dir-header=false      If true, adds the  file  directory  to  the
37       header of the log messages
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40       --alsologtostderr=false      log to standard error as well as files
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43       --application-metrics-count-limit=100       Max  number  of application
44       metrics to store (per container)
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47       --as=""      Username to impersonate for the operation
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50       --as-group=[]      Group to impersonate for the  operation,  this  flag
51       can be repeated to specify multiple groups.
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54       --azure-container-registry-config=""       Path  to the file containing
55       Azure container registry configuration information.
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58       --boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"        Comma-separated
59       list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first one that exists.
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62       --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/cache"      Default cache directory
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65       --certificate-authority=""      Path to a cert file for the certificate
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69       --client-certificate=""      Path to a client certificate file for TLS
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72       --client-key=""      Path to a client key file for TLS
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75       --cloud-provider-gce-l7lb-src-cidrs=130.211.0.0/22,35.191.0.0/16
76            CIDRs  opened  in  GCE  firewall  for  L7 LB traffic proxy  health
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80       --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
81            CIDRs  opened  in  GCE  firewall  for  L4 LB traffic proxy  health
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85       --cluster=""      The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
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88       --container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"      location of
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92       --containerd="/run/containerd/containerd.sock"      containerd endpoint
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95       --containerd-namespace="k8s.io"      containerd namespace
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98       --context=""      The name of the kubeconfig context to use
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101       --default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300       Indicates  the tolera‐
102       tionSeconds of the toleration for notReady:NoExecute that is  added  by
103       default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.
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106       --default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300      Indicates the tolera‐
107       tionSeconds of the toleration for unreachable:NoExecute that  is  added
108       by default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.
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111       --disable-root-cgroup-stats=false       Disable  collecting root Cgroup
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115       --docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock"      docker endpoint
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118       --docker-env-metadata-whitelist=""      a comma-separated list of envi‐
119       ronment  variable  keys  matched with specified prefix that needs to be
120       collected for docker containers
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123       --docker-only=false      Only report docker containers in  addition  to
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127       --docker-root="/var/lib/docker"       DEPRECATED:  docker  root is read
128       from docker info (this is a fallback, default: /var/lib/docker)
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131       --docker-tls=false      use TLS to connect to docker
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134       --docker-tls-ca="ca.pem"      path to trusted CA
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137       --docker-tls-cert="cert.pem"      path to client certificate
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140       --docker-tls-key="key.pem"      path to private key
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143       --enable-load-reader=false      Whether to enable cpu load reader
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146       --event-storage-age-limit="default=0"      Max length of time for which
147       to store events (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key val‐
148       ues, where the keys are event types (e.g.: creation, oom) or  "default"
149       and  the  value  is a duration. Default is applied to all non-specified
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153       --event-storage-event-limit="default=0"      Max number  of  events  to
154       store  (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key values, where
155       the keys are event types (e.g.: creation, oom)  or  "default"  and  the
156       value  is  an  integer.  Default  is applied to all non-specified event
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160       --global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s      Interval between global house‐
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164       --housekeeping-interval=10s       Interval between container housekeep‐
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168       --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false      If true, the server's certificate
169       will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections
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173       --kubeconfig=""      Path to the kubeconfig file to  use  for  CLI  re‐
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177       --log-backtrace-at=:0       when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack
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181       --log-cadvisor-usage=false      Whether to log the usage of the  cAdvi‐
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185       --log-dir=""      If non-empty, write log files in this directory
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188       --log-file=""      If non-empty, use this log file
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191       --log-file-max-size=1800       Defines  the maximum size a log file can
192       grow to. Unit is megabytes. If the value is 0, the maximum file size is
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196       --log-flush-frequency=5s       Maximum  number  of  seconds between log
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200       --logtostderr=true      log to standard error instead of files
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203       --machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
204            Comma-separated  list  of  files  to check for machine-id. Use the
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208       --match-server-version=false       Require  server  version  to   match
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212       -n,  --namespace=""       If  present, the namespace scope for this CLI
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216       --one-output=false      If true, only write logs to their native sever‐
217       ity level (vs also writing to each lower severity level)
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220       --password=""      Password for basic authentication to the API server
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223       --profile="none"         Name   of   profile   to   capture.   One   of
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227       --profile-output="profile.pprof"      Name of the  file  to  write  the
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231       --referenced-reset-interval=0       Reset interval for referenced bytes
232       (container_referenced_bytes metric), number of measurement cycles after
233       which  referenced  bytes  are cleared, if set to 0 referenced bytes are
234       never cleared (default: 0)
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237       --request-timeout="0"      The length of time to wait before giving  up
238       on  a  single  server  request. Non-zero values should contain a corre‐
239       sponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't time‐
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246       --skip-headers=false       If  true,  avoid  header prefixes in the log
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254       --stderrthreshold=2      logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
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257       --storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s      Writes in the storage driver
258       will be buffered for this duration, and committed  to  the  non  memory
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265       --storage-driver-host="localhost:8086"      database host:port
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280       --tls-server-name=""       Server  name  to  use for server certificate
281       validation. If it is not provided, the hostname  used  to  contact  the
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288       --update-machine-info-interval=5m0s       Interval between machine info
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298       -v, --v=0      number for the log level verbosity
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308       --warnings-as-errors=false      Treat warnings received from the server
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EXAMPLE

314                # Print the client and server versions for the current context
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SEE ALSO

321       kubectl(1),
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HISTORY

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