Reference

kubectl-kuberc-set(1)

Set values in the kuberc configuration

Eric Paris Jan 2015

NAME

kubectl kuberc set - Set values in the kuberc configuration

SYNOPSIS

kubectl kuberc set [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Set values in the kuberc configuration file.

Use --section to specify whether to set defaults or aliases.

For defaults: Sets default flag values for kubectl commands. The --command flag should specify only the command (e.g., "get", "create", "set env"), not resources.

For aliases: Creates command aliases with optional default flag values and arguments. Use --prependarg and --appendarg to include resources or other arguments.

OPTIONS

--allowlist-entry=[]
Allowlist entry the form field=value (can be specified multiple times)

--appendarg=[]
Argument to append to the command (can be specified multiple times, for aliases only)

--command=""
Command to configure (e.g., 'get', 'create', 'set env')

--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.

--name=""
Alias name (required for --section=aliases)

--option=[]
Flag option in the form flag=value (can be specified multiple times)

--overwrite=false
Allow overwriting existing entries

--policy=""
Plugin policy to use for exec credential plugins, must be one of 'AllowAll', 'DenyAll' or 'Allowlist'

--prependarg=[]
Argument to prepend to the command (can be specified multiple times, for aliases only)

--section=""
Section to modify: 'defaults', 'aliases', or 'credentialplugin'

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=""
Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.

--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

  # Set default output format for 'get' command
  kubectl kuberc set --section defaults --command get --option output=wide
  # Set default output format for a subcommand
  kubectl kuberc set --section defaults --command "set env" --option output=yaml
  # Create an alias 'getn' for 'get' command with prepended 'nodes' resource
  kubectl kuberc set --section aliases --name getn --command get --prependarg nodes --option output=wide
  # Create an alias 'runx' for 'run' command with appended arguments
  kubectl kuberc set --section aliases --name runx --command run --option image=nginx --appendarg "--" --appendarg custom-arg1
  # Overwrite an existing default
  kubectl kuberc set --section defaults --command get --option output=json --overwrite
  # Set the credential plugin policy and allowlist
  kubectl kuberc set --section credentialplugin --policy Allowlist --allowlist-entry command=cloud-credential-helper

SEE ALSO

kubectl-kuberc(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!