kubectl-config-set-credentials

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

Eric Paris Jan 2015

NAME

   kubectl config set-credentials - Set a user entry in kubeconfig

SYNOPSIS

   kubectl config set-credentials [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

   Set a user entry in kubeconfig.

   Specifying a name that already exists will merge new fields on top of existing values.

       Client-certificate flags:
       --client-certificate=certfile --client-key=keyfile

       Bearer token flags:
       --token=bearer_token

       Basic auth flags:
       --username=basic_user --password=basic_password

   Bearer token and basic auth are mutually exclusive.

OPTIONS

   --auth-provider=""      Auth provider for the user entry in kubeconfig

   --auth-provider-arg=[]      'key=value' arguments for the auth provider

   --client-certificate=""      Path to client-certificate file for the user entry in kubeconfig

   --client-key=""      Path to client-key file for the user entry in kubeconfig

   --embed-certs=false      Embed client cert/key for the user entry in kubeconfig

   --exec-api-version=""      API version of the exec credential plugin for the user entry in kubeconfig

   --exec-arg=[]      New arguments for the exec credential plugin command for the user entry in kubeconfig

   --exec-command=""      Command for the exec credential plugin for the user entry in kubeconfig

   --exec-env=[]      'key=value' environment values for the exec credential plugin

   --exec-interactive-mode=""      InteractiveMode of the exec credentials plugin for the user entry in kubeconfig

   --exec-provide-cluster-info=false      ProvideClusterInfo of the exec credentials plugin for the user entry in kubeconfig

   --password=""      password for the user entry in kubeconfig

   --token=""      token for the user entry in kubeconfig

   --username=""      username for the user entry in kubeconfig

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

   --as=""      Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.

   --as-group=[]      Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.

   --as-uid=""      UID to impersonate for the operation.

   --cache-dir="/home/username/.kube/cache"      Default cache directory

   --certificate-authority=""      Path to a cert file for the certificate authority

   --cluster=""      The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use

   --context=""      The name of the kubeconfig context to use

   --disable-compression=false      If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server

   --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false      If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure

   --kubeconfig=""      use a particular kubeconfig file

   --match-server-version=false      Require server version to match client version

   -n, --namespace=""      If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request

   --profile="none"      Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex)

   --profile-output="profile.pprof"      Name of the file to write the profile to

   --request-timeout="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=""      The address and port of the Kubernetes API server

   --tls-server-name=""      Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used

   --user=""      The name of the kubeconfig user to use

   --version=false      --version, --version=raw prints version information and quits; --version=vX.Y.Z... sets the reported version

   --warnings-as-errors=false      Treat warnings received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code

EXAMPLE

     # Set only the "client-key" field on the "cluster-admin"
     # entry, without touching other values
     kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --client-key=~/.kube/admin.key

     # Set basic auth for the "cluster-admin" entry
     kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --username=admin --password=uXFGweU9l35qcif

     # Embed client certificate data in the "cluster-admin" entry
     kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --client-certificate=~/.kube/admin.crt --embed-certs=true

     # Enable the Google Compute Platform auth provider for the "cluster-admin" entry
     kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --auth-provider=gcp

     # Enable the OpenID Connect auth provider for the "cluster-admin" entry with additional arguments
     kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --auth-provider=oidc --auth-provider-arg=client-id=foo --auth-provider-arg=client-secret=bar

     # Remove the "client-secret" config value for the OpenID Connect auth provider for the "cluster-admin" entry
     kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --auth-provider=oidc --auth-provider-arg=client-secret-

     # Enable new exec auth plugin for the "cluster-admin" entry
     kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-command=/path/to/the/executable --exec-api-version=client.authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1

     # Enable new exec auth plugin for the "cluster-admin" entry with interactive mode
     kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-command=/path/to/the/executable --exec-api-version=client.authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1 --exec-interactive-mode=Never

     # Define new exec auth plugin arguments for the "cluster-admin" entry
     kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-arg=arg1 --exec-arg=arg2

     # Create or update exec auth plugin environment variables for the "cluster-admin" entry
     kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-env=key1=val1 --exec-env=key2=val2

     # Remove exec auth plugin environment variables for the "cluster-admin" entry
     kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-env=var-to-remove-

SEE ALSO

   kubectl-config(1),

HISTORY

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

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