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kubectl

Synopsis

kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager.

Find more information at: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/overview/

kubectl [flags]

Options

--add-dir-header
If true, adds the file directory to the header
--alsologtostderr
log to standard error as well as files
--application-metrics-count-limit int     Default: 100
Max number of application metrics to store (per container)
--as string
Username to impersonate for the operation
--as-group stringArray
Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.
--azure-container-registry-config string
Path to the file containing Azure container registry configuration information.
--boot-id-file string     Default: "/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"
Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first one that exists.
--cache-dir string     Default: "$HOME/.kube/http-cache"
Default HTTP cache directory
--certificate-authority string
Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
--client-certificate string
Path to a client certificate file for TLS
--client-key string
Path to a client key file for TLS
--cloud-provider-gce-l7lb-src-cidrs cidrs     Default: 130.211.0.0/22,35.191.0.0/16
CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L7 LB traffic proxy & health checks
--cloud-provider-gce-lb-src-cidrs cidrs     Default: 130.211.0.0/22,209.85.152.0/22,209.85.204.0/22,35.191.0.0/16
CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L4 LB traffic proxy & health checks
--cluster string
The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
--container-hints string     Default: "/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"
location of the container hints file
--containerd string     Default: "/run/containerd/containerd.sock"
containerd endpoint
--containerd-namespace string     Default: "k8s.io"
containerd namespace
--context string
The name of the kubeconfig context to use
--default-not-ready-toleration-seconds int     Default: 300
Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.
--default-unreachable-toleration-seconds int     Default: 300
Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the toleration for unreachable:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.
--disable-root-cgroup-stats
Disable collecting root Cgroup stats
--docker string     Default: "unix:///var/run/docker.sock"
docker endpoint
--docker-env-metadata-whitelist string
a comma-separated list of environment variable keys that needs to be collected for docker containers
--docker-only
Only report docker containers in addition to root stats
--docker-root string     Default: "/var/lib/docker"
DEPRECATED: docker root is read from docker info (this is a fallback, default: /var/lib/docker)
--docker-tls
use TLS to connect to docker
--docker-tls-ca string     Default: "ca.pem"
path to trusted CA
--docker-tls-cert string     Default: "cert.pem"
path to client certificate
--docker-tls-key string     Default: "key.pem"
path to private key
--enable-load-reader
Whether to enable cpu load reader
--event-storage-age-limit string     Default: "default=0"
Max length of time for which to store events (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is a duration. Default is applied to all non-specified event types
--event-storage-event-limit string     Default: "default=0"
Max number of events to store (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the value is an integer. Default is applied to all non-specified event types
--global-housekeeping-interval duration     Default: 1m0s
Interval between global housekeepings
-h, --help
help for kubectl
--housekeeping-interval duration     Default: 10s
Interval between container housekeepings
--insecure-skip-tls-verify
If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
--kubeconfig string
Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
--log-backtrace-at traceLocation     Default: :0
when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
--log-cadvisor-usage
Whether to log the usage of the cAdvisor container
--log-dir string
If non-empty, write log files in this directory
--log-file string
If non-empty, use this log file
--log-file-max-size uint     Default: 1800
Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes. If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited.
--log-flush-frequency duration     Default: 5s
Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
--logtostderr     Default: true
log to standard error instead of files
--machine-id-file string     Default: "/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the first one that exists.
--match-server-version
Require server version to match client version
-n, --namespace string
If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
--password string
Password for basic authentication to the API server
--profile string     Default: "none"
Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex)
--profile-output string     Default: "profile.pprof"
Name of the file to write the profile to
--request-timeout string     Default: "0"
The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.
-s, --server string
The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--skip-headers
If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
--skip-log-headers
If true, avoid headers when opening log files
--stderrthreshold severity     Default: 2
logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
--storage-driver-buffer-duration duration     Default: 1m0s
Writes in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration, and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction
--storage-driver-db string     Default: "cadvisor"
database name
--storage-driver-host string     Default: "localhost:8086"
database host:port
--storage-driver-password string     Default: "root"
database password
--storage-driver-secure
use secure connection with database
--storage-driver-table string     Default: "stats"
table name
--storage-driver-user string     Default: "root"
database username
--tls-server-name string
Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used
--token string
Bearer token for authentication to the API server
--update-machine-info-interval duration     Default: 5m0s
Interval between machine info updates.
--user string
The name of the kubeconfig user to use
--username string
Username for basic authentication to the API server
-v, --v Level
number for the log level verbosity
--version version[=true]
Print version information and quit
--vmodule moduleSpec
comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging

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