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

9       kubectl - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager
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SYNOPSIS

14       kubectl [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

19       kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager.
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22       Find    more    information    at:    https://kubernetes.io/docs/refer‐
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OPTIONS

28       --as=""      Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a
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32       --as-group=[]       Group  to  impersonate for the operation, this flag
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36       --as-uid=""      UID to impersonate for the operation.
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39       --azure-container-registry-config=""      Path to the  file  containing
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43       --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/cache"      Default cache directory
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62       --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false      If true, the server's certificate
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SEE ALSO

122       kubectl-alpha(1),     kubectl-annotate(1),    kubectl-api-resources(1),
123       kubectl-api-versions(1), kubectl-apply(1), kubectl-attach(1),  kubectl-
124       auth(1), kubectl-autoscale(1), kubectl-certificate(1), kubectl-cluster-
125       info(1), kubectl-completion(1),  kubectl-config(1),  kubectl-cordon(1),
126       kubectl-cp(1),  kubectl-create(1), kubectl-debug(1), kubectl-delete(1),
127       kubectl-describe(1),   kubectl-diff(1),   kubectl-drain(1),    kubectl-
128       edit(1),    kubectl-exec(1),   kubectl-explain(1),   kubectl-expose(1),
129       kubectl-get(1),   kubectl-kustomize(1),   kubectl-label(1),    kubectl-
130       logs(1),   kubectl-options(1),   kubectl-patch(1),   kubectl-plugin(1),
131       kubectl-port-forward(1), kubectl-proxy(1), kubectl-replace(1), kubectl-
132       rollout(1),  kubectl-run(1), kubectl-scale(1), kubectl-set(1), kubectl-
133       taint(1),  kubectl-top(1),   kubectl-uncordon(1),   kubectl-version(1),
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HISTORY

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