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.TH KUBERNETES(1) kubernetes User Manuals
Eric Paris
Jan 2015

.SH NAME
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kubectl config set - Set an individual value in a kubeconfig file


.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBkubectl config set\fP [OPTIONS]


.SH DESCRIPTION
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Set an individual value in a kubeconfig file.

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PROPERTY_NAME is a dot delimited name where each token represents either an attribute name or a map key.  Map keys may not contain dots.

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PROPERTY_VALUE is the new value you want to set. Binary fields such as 'certificate-authority-data' expect a base64 encoded string unless the --set-raw-bytes flag is used.

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Specifying an attribute name that already exists will merge new fields on top of existing values.


.SH OPTIONS
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\fB--set-raw-bytes\fP=false
	When writing a []byte PROPERTY_VALUE, write the given string directly without base64 decoding.


.SH OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
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\fB--as\fP=""
	Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.

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\fB--as-group\fP=[]
	Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.

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\fB--as-uid\fP=""
	UID to impersonate for the operation.

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\fB--cache-dir\fP="/home/username/.kube/cache"
	Default cache directory

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\fB--certificate-authority\fP=""
	Path to a cert file for the certificate authority

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\fB--client-certificate\fP=""
	Path to a client certificate file for TLS

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\fB--client-key\fP=""
	Path to a client key file for TLS

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\fB--cluster\fP=""
	The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use

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\fB--context\fP=""
	The name of the kubeconfig context to use

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\fB--disable-compression\fP=false
	If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server

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\fB--insecure-skip-tls-verify\fP=false
	If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure

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\fB--kubeconfig\fP=""
	use a particular kubeconfig file

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\fB--match-server-version\fP=false
	Require server version to match client version

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\fB-n\fP, \fB--namespace\fP=""
	If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request

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\fB--password\fP=""
	Password for basic authentication to the API server

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\fB--profile\fP="none"
	Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex)

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\fB--profile-output\fP="profile.pprof"
	Name of the file to write the profile to

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\fB--request-timeout\fP="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.

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\fB-s\fP, \fB--server\fP=""
	The address and port of the Kubernetes API server

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\fB--tls-server-name\fP=""
	Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used

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\fB--token\fP=""
	Bearer token for authentication to the API server

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\fB--user\fP=""
	The name of the kubeconfig user to use

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\fB--username\fP=""
	Username for basic authentication to the API server

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\fB--version\fP=false
	--version, --version=raw prints version information and quits; --version=vX.Y.Z... sets the reported version

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\fB--warnings-as-errors\fP=false
	Treat warnings received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code


.SH EXAMPLE
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  # Set the server field on the my-cluster cluster to https://1.2.3.4
  kubectl config set clusters.my-cluster.server https://1.2.3.4
  
  # Set the certificate-authority-data field on the my-cluster cluster
  kubectl config set clusters.my-cluster.certificate-authority-data $(echo "cert_data_here" | base64 -i -)
  
  # Set the cluster field in the my-context context to my-cluster
  kubectl config set contexts.my-context.cluster my-cluster
  
  # Set the client-key-data field in the cluster-admin user using --set-raw-bytes option
  kubectl config set users.cluster-admin.client-key-data cert_data_here --set-raw-bytes=true
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBkubectl-config(1)\fP,


.SH HISTORY
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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!