---
name: "kubectl-config-set-cluster"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kubectl"
version: "1.37.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kubectl-config-set-cluster"
---

# kubectl-config-set-cluster(1)

Set a cluster entry in kubeconfig

Eric Paris Jan 2015

## NAME

kubectl config set-cluster - Set a cluster entry in kubeconfig

## SYNOPSIS

**kubectl config set-cluster** \[OPTIONS\]

## DESCRIPTION

Set a cluster entry in kubeconfig.

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

## OPTIONS

**--certificate-authority**=""\
 	Path to certificate-authority file for the cluster entry in kubeconfig

**--embed-certs**=false\
 	embed-certs for the cluster entry in kubeconfig

**--insecure-skip-tls-verify**=false\
 	insecure-skip-tls-verify for the cluster entry in kubeconfig

**--proxy-url**=""\
 	proxy-url for the cluster entry in kubeconfig

**--server**=""\
 	server for the cluster entry in kubeconfig

**--tls-server-name**=""\
 	tls-server-name for the cluster 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.

**--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

**--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

**--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

**--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.

**--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

```
  # 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=~/.kube/e2e/kubernetes.ca.crt
  # Disable cert checking for the e2e cluster entry
  kubectl config set-cluster e2e --insecure-skip-tls-verify=true
  # Set the custom TLS server name to use for validation for the e2e cluster entry
  kubectl config set-cluster e2e --tls-server-name=my-cluster-name
  # Set the proxy URL for the e2e cluster entry
  kubectl config set-cluster e2e --proxy-url=https://1.2.3.4
```

## SEE ALSO

**[kubectl-config(1)](/kubectl-config/1.md)**,

## 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!