KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes)

Eric Paris Jan 2015

NAME
kubectl create token - Request a service account token

SYNOPSIS
kubectl create token [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION
Request a service account token.

OPTIONS
--allow-missing-template-keys=true
    If true, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is missing in the template. Only applies to golang and jsonpath output formats.

--audience=[]
    Audience of the requested token. If unset, defaults to requesting a token for use with the Kubernetes API server. May be repeated to request a token valid for multiple audiences.

--bound-object-kind=""
    Kind of an object to bind the token to. Supported kinds are Node, Pod, Secret. If set, --bound-object-name must be provided.

--bound-object-name=""
    Name of an object to bind the token to. The token will expire when the object is deleted. Requires --bound-object-kind.

--bound-object-uid=""
    UID of an object to bind the token to. Requires --bound-object-kind and --bound-object-name. If unset, the UID of the existing object is used.

--duration=0s
    Requested lifetime of the issued token. If not set or if set to 0, the lifetime will be determined by the server automatically. The server may return a token with a longer or shorter lifetime.

-o, --output=""
    Output format. One of: (json, yaml, kyaml, name, go-template, go-template-file, template, templatefile, jsonpath, jsonpath-as-json, jsonpath-file).

--show-managed-fields=false
    If true, keep the managedFields when printing objects in JSON or YAML format.

--template=""
    Template string or path to template file to use when -o=go-template, -o=go-template-file. The template format is golang templates [http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview].

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.

--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.

-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
      # Request a token to authenticate to the kube-apiserver as the service account "myapp" in the current namespace
      kubectl create token myapp

      # Request a token for a service account in a custom namespace
      kubectl create token myapp --namespace myns

      # Request a token with a custom expiration
      kubectl create token myapp --duration 10m

      # Request a token with a custom audience
      kubectl create token myapp --audience https://example.com

      # Request a token bound to an instance of a Secret object
      kubectl create token myapp --bound-object-kind Secret --bound-object-name mysecret

      # Request a token bound to an instance of a Secret object with a specific UID
      kubectl create token myapp --bound-object-kind Secret --bound-object-name mysecret --bound-object-uid 0d4691ed-659b-4935-a832-355f77ee47cc

SEE ALSO
kubectl-create(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!