Sets a user entry in kubeconfig
Sets a user entry in kubeconfig Specifying a name that already exists will merge new fields on top of existing values.
Client-certificate flags: --client-certificate=certfile --client-key=keyfile
Bearer token flags: --token=bearer_token
Basic auth flags: --username=basic_user --password=basic_password
Bearer token and basic auth are mutually exclusive.
kubectl config set-credentials NAME [--auth-path=/path/to/authfile] [--client-certificate=path/to/certfile] [--client-key=path/to/keyfile] [--token=bearer_token] [--username=basic_user] [--password=basic_password]
// Set only the "client-key" field on the "cluster-admin"
// entry, without touching other values:
$ kubectl set-credentials cluster-admin --client-key=~/.kube/admin.key
// Set basic auth for the "cluster-admin" entry
$ kubectl set-credentials cluster-admin --username=admin --password=uXFGweU9l35qcif
// Embed client certificate data in the "cluster-admin" entry
$ kubectl set-credentials cluster-admin --client-certificate=~/.kube/admin.crt --embed-certs=true
--auth-path=: auth-path for the user entry in kubeconfig
--client-certificate=: path to client-certificate for the user entry in kubeconfig
--client-key=: path to client-key for the user entry in kubeconfig
--embed-certs=false: embed client cert/key for the user entry in kubeconfig
-h, --help=false: help for set-credentials
--password=: password for the user entry in kubeconfig
--token=: token for the user entry in kubeconfig
--username=: username for the user entry in kubeconfig
--alsologtostderr=false: log to standard error as well as files
--api-version="": The API version to use when talking to the server
--certificate-authority="": Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.
--cluster="": The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
--context="": The name of the kubeconfig context to use
--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="": use a particular kubeconfig file
--log_backtrace_at=:0: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
--log_dir=: If non-empty, write log files in this directory
--log_flush_frequency=5s: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
--logtostderr=true: log to standard error instead of files
--match-server-version=false: Require server version to match client version
--namespace="": If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.
-s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
--user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use
--v=0: log level for V logs
--validate=false: If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it
--vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
- kubectl config - config modifies kubeconfig files