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

--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

--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!