.nh .TH KUBERNETES(1) kubernetes User Manuals Eric Paris Jan 2015 .SH NAME .PP kubectl config use-context - Set the current-context in a kubeconfig file .SH SYNOPSIS .PP \fBkubectl config use-context\fP [OPTIONS] .SH DESCRIPTION .PP Set the current-context in a kubeconfig file. .SH OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS .PP \fB--as\fP="" Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace. .PP \fB--as-group\fP=[] Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups. .PP \fB--as-uid\fP="" UID to impersonate for the operation. .PP \fB--cache-dir\fP="/home/username/.kube/cache" Default cache directory .PP \fB--certificate-authority\fP="" Path to a cert file for the certificate authority .PP \fB--client-certificate\fP="" Path to a client certificate file for TLS .PP \fB--client-key\fP="" Path to a client key file for TLS .PP \fB--cluster\fP="" The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use .PP \fB--context\fP="" The name of the kubeconfig context to use .PP \fB--disable-compression\fP=false If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server .PP \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 .PP \fB--kubeconfig\fP="" use a particular kubeconfig file .PP \fB--match-server-version\fP=false Require server version to match client version .PP \fB-n\fP, \fB--namespace\fP="" If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request .PP \fB--password\fP="" Password for basic authentication to the API server .PP \fB--profile\fP="none" Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex) .PP \fB--profile-output\fP="profile.pprof" Name of the file to write the profile to .PP \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. .PP \fB-s\fP, \fB--server\fP="" The address and port of the Kubernetes API server .PP \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 .PP \fB--token\fP="" Bearer token for authentication to the API server .PP \fB--user\fP="" The name of the kubeconfig user to use .PP \fB--username\fP="" Username for basic authentication to the API server .PP \fB--version\fP=false --version, --version=raw prints version information and quits; --version=vX.Y.Z... sets the reported version .PP \fB--warnings-as-errors\fP=false Treat warnings received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code .SH EXAMPLE .EX # Use the context for the minikube cluster kubectl config use-context minikube .EE .SH SEE ALSO .PP \fBkubectl-config(1)\fP, .SH HISTORY .PP 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!