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

.SH NAME
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kubectl create token - Request a service account token


.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBkubectl create token\fP [OPTIONS]


.SH DESCRIPTION
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Request a service account token.


.SH OPTIONS
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\fB--allow-missing-template-keys\fP=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.

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\fB--audience\fP=[]
	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.

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

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

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\fB--bound-object-uid\fP=""
	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.

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

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

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

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\fB--template\fP=""
	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].


.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--azure-container-registry-config\fP=""
	Path to the file containing Azure container registry configuration information.

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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=""
	Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.

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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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.nf
  # 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

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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBkubectl-create(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!