Synopsis Set a cluster entry in kubeconfig. Specifying a name that already exists will merge new fields on top of existing values for those fields. kubectl config set-cluster NAME [--server=server] [--certificate-authority=path/to/certificate/authority] [--insecure-skip-tls-verify=true] [--tls-server-name=example.com] Examples # Set only the server field on the e2e cluster entry without touching other values kubectl config set-cluster e2e --server=https://1.2.3.4 # Embed certificate authority data for the e2e cluster entry kubectl config set-cluster e2e --embed-certs --certificate-authority=~/.

Synopsis Delete the specified cluster from the kubeconfig. kubectl config delete-cluster NAME Examples # Delete the minikube cluster kubectl config delete-cluster minikube Options -h, --help help for delete-cluster --as string Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace. --as-group strings Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups. --as-uid string UID to impersonate for the operation.

Synopsis Inspect authorization. kubectl auth [flags] Options -h, --help help for auth --as string Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace. --as-group strings Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups. --as-uid string UID to impersonate for the operation. --cache-dir string     Default: "$HOME/.kube/cache" Default cache directory --certificate-authority string Path to a cert file for the certificate authority

Synopsis Creates a proxy server or application-level gateway between localhost and the Kubernetes API server. It also allows serving static content over specified HTTP path. All incoming data enters through one port and gets forwarded to the remote Kubernetes API server port, except for the path matching the static content path. kubectl proxy [--port=PORT] [--www=static-dir] [--www-prefix=prefix] [--api-prefix=prefix] Examples # To proxy all of the Kubernetes API and nothing else kubectl proxy --api-prefix=/ # To proxy only part of the Kubernetes API and also some static files # You can get pods info with 'curl localhost:8001/api/v1/pods' kubectl proxy --www=/my/files --www-prefix=/static/ --api-prefix=/api/ # To proxy the entire Kubernetes API at a different root # You can get pods info with 'curl localhost:8001/custom/api/v1/pods' kubectl proxy --api-prefix=/custom/ # Run a proxy to the Kubernetes API server on port 8011, serving static content from .

Synopsis Display events. Prints a table of the most important information about events. You can request events for a namespace, for all namespace, or filtered to only those pertaining to a specified resource. kubectl events [(-o|--output=)json|yaml|name|go-template|go-template-file|template|templatefile|jsonpath|jsonpath-as-json|jsonpath-file] [--for TYPE/NAME] [--watch] [--types=Normal,Warning] Examples # List recent events in the default namespace kubectl events # List recent events in all namespaces kubectl events --all-namespaces # List recent events for the specified pod, then wait for more events and list them as they arrive kubectl events --for pod/web-pod-13je7 --watch # List recent events in YAML format kubectl events -oyaml # List recent only events of type 'Warning' or 'Normal' kubectl events --types=Warning,Normal Options -A, --all-namespaces If present, list the requested object(s) across all namespaces.

Synopsis List all available plugin files on a user's PATH. Available plugin files are those that are: - executable - anywhere on the user's PATH - begin with "kubectl-" kubectl plugin list [flags] Examples # List all available plugins kubectl plugin list Options -h, --help help for list --name-only If true, display only the binary name of each plugin, rather than its full path --as string Username to impersonate for the operation.

Synopsis Create and run a particular image in a pod. kubectl run NAME --image=image [--env="key=value"] [--port=port] [--dry-run=server|client] [--overrides=inline-json] [--command] -- [COMMAND] [args...] Examples # Start a nginx pod kubectl run nginx --image=nginx # Start a hazelcast pod and let the container expose port 5701 kubectl run hazelcast --image=hazelcast/hazelcast --port=5701 # Start a hazelcast pod and set environment variables "DNS_DOMAIN=cluster" and "POD_NAMESPACE=default" in the container kubectl run hazelcast --image=hazelcast/hazelcast --env="DNS_DOMAIN=cluster" --env="POD_NAMESPACE=default" # Start a hazelcast pod and set labels "app=hazelcast" and "env=prod" in the container kubectl run hazelcast --image=hazelcast/hazelcast --labels="app=hazelcast,env=prod" # Dry run; print the corresponding API objects without creating them kubectl run nginx --image=nginx --dry-run=client # Start a nginx pod, but overload the spec with a partial set of values parsed from JSON kubectl run nginx --image=nginx --overrides='{ "apiVersion": "v1", "spec": { .

Synopsis Display resource (CPU/memory) usage of nodes. The top-node command allows you to see the resource consumption of nodes. kubectl top node [NAME | -l label] Examples # Show metrics for all nodes kubectl top node # Show metrics for a given node kubectl top node NODE_NAME Options -h, --help help for node --no-headers If present, print output without headers -l, --selector string Selector (label query) to filter on, supports '=', '==', and '!

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