Eric Paris Jan 2015
NAME
kubectl config rename-context - Rename a context from the kubeconfig file
SYNOPSIS
kubectl config rename-context [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
Renames a context from the kubeconfig file.
CONTEXT_NAME is the context name that you want to change.
NEW_NAME is the new name you want to set.
Note: If the context being renamed is the 'current-context', this field will also be updated.
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.
--as-user-extra=[]
User extras to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple values for the same key.
--cache-dir="/home/username/.kube/cache"
Default cache directory
--certificate-authority=""
Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
--client-certificate=""
Path to a client certificate file for TLS
--client-key=""
Path to a client key file for TLS
--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
--kuberc=""
Path to the kuberc file to use for preferences. This can be disabled by exporting KUBECTL_KUBERC=false feature gate or turning off the feature KUBERC=off.
--match-server-version=false
Require server version to match client version
-n, --namespace=""
If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request
--password=""
Password for basic authentication to the API server
--profile="none"
Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex|trace)
--profile-output="profile.pprof"
Name of the file to write the profile to
--proxy-url=""
Proxy URL to use for requests to the API server
--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
--token=""
Bearer token for authentication to the API server
--user=""
The name of the kubeconfig user to use
--username=""
Username for basic authentication to the API server
--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
# Rename the context 'old-name' to 'new-name' in your kubeconfig file kubectl config rename-context old-name new-name
SEE ALSO
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!