kubectl
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--add-dir-headerIf true, adds the file directory to the header of the log messages--alsologtostderrlog to standard
error as well as files--as stringUsername to impersonate for the operation--as-group stringArrayGroup to
impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.--azure-container-registry-config stringPath to the file containing Azure container registry configuration information.--cache-dir
string     Default: "$HOME/.kube/cache"Default cache directory--certificate-authority stringPath to a cert file for
the certificate authority--client-certificate stringPath to a client certificate file for TLS--client-key stringPath to a
client key file for TLS--cloud-provider-gce-l7lb-src-cidrs cidrs     Default: 130.211.0.0/22,35.191.0.0/16CIDRs
opened in GCE firewall for L7 LB traffic proxy & health checks--cloud-provider-gce-lb-src-cidrs cidrs     Default:
130.211.0.0/22,209.85.152.0/22,209.85.204.0/22,35.191.0.0/16CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L4 LB traffic
proxy & health checks--cluster stringThe name of the kubeconfig cluster to use--context stringThe name of the
kubeconfig context to use--default-not-ready-toleration-seconds int     Default: 300Indicates the tolerationSeconds
of the toleration for notReady:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not already have such a
toleration.--default-unreachable-toleration-seconds int     Default: 300Indicates the tolerationSeconds of the
toleration for unreachable:NoExecute that is added by default to every pod that does not already have such a
toleration.-h, --helphelp for kubectl--insecure-skip-tls-verifyIf true, the server's certificate will not be checked for
validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure--kubeconfig stringPath to the kubeconfig file to use for
CLI requests.--log-backtrace-at traceLocation     Default: :0when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace--log-dir stringIf non-empty, write log files in this directory--log-file stringIf non-empty, use this log file--log-file-max-size uint     Default: 1800Defines the maximum size a log file can grow to. Unit is megabytes. If the value is 0, the
maximum file size is unlimited.--log-flush-frequency duration     Default: 5sMaximum number of seconds
between log flushes--logtostderr     Default: truelog to standard error instead of files--match-server-versionRequire
server version to match client version-n, --namespace stringIf present, the namespace scope for this CLI request--
one-outputIf true, only write logs to their native severity level (vs also writing to each lower severity level)--
password stringPassword for basic authentication to the API server--profile string     Default: "none"Name of
profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex)--profile-output string     Default:
"profile.pprof"Name of the file to write the profile to--request-timeout string     Default: "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 stringThe address and port of the Kubernetes
API server--skip-headersIf true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages--skip-log-headersIf true, avoid headers
when opening log files--stderrthreshold severity     Default: 2logs at or above this threshold go to stderr--tls-server-name stringServer name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to
contact the server is used--token stringBearer token for authentication to the API server--user stringThe name of
the kubeconfig user to use--username stringUsername for basic authentication to the API server-v, --v
Levelnumber for the log level verbosity--version version[=true]Print version information and quit--vmodule
moduleSpeccomma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging--warnings-as-errorsTreat warnings
received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code
https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/kubectl/
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Source: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/kubectl/
https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/kubectl/
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