kubectl-config-set-context(1)

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

9       kubectl config set-context - Set a context entry in kubeconfig
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SYNOPSIS

14       kubectl config set-context [OPTIONS]
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DESCRIPTION

19       Set a context entry in kubeconfig.
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22       Specifying  a  name that already exists will merge new fields on top of
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OPTIONS

28       --current=false      Modify the current context
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OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

33       --as=""      Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a
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37       --as-group=[]       Group  to  impersonate for the operation, this flag
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41       --as-uid=""      UID to impersonate for the operation.
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44       --azure-container-registry-config=""      Path to the  file  containing
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48       --cache-dir="/builddir/.kube/cache"      Default cache directory
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67       --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false      If true, the server's certificate
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72       --kubeconfig=""      use a particular kubeconfig file
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75       --match-server-version=false       Require  server  version  to   match
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83       --password=""      Password for basic authentication to the API server
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86       --profile="none"        Name   of   profile   to   capture.   One    of
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96       sponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't time‐
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100       -s, --server=""      The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
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103       --tls-server-name=""       Server  name  to  use for server certificate
104       validation. If it is not provided, the hostname  used  to  contact  the
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114       --username=""      Username for basic authentication to the API server
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EXAMPLE

126                # Set the user field on the gce context entry without touching other values
127                kubectl config set-context gce --user=cluster-admin
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HISTORY

138       January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at  redhat  dot
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