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       --cluster=""      cluster for the context entry in kubeconfig
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OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

42       --as=""      Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a
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73       --disable-compression=false      If true, opt-out of response  compres‐
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92       --profile="none"        Name   of   profile   to   capture.   One    of
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101       on  a  single  server  request. Non-zero values should contain a corre‐
102       sponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't time‐
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106       -s, --server=""      The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
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110       validation. If it is not provided, the hostname  used  to  contact  the
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EXAMPLE

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

141       January 2015, Originally compiled by Eric Paris (eparis at  redhat  dot
142       com)  based  on the kubernetes source material, but hopefully they have
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