--- title: kubectl --- ## kubectl kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager ### Synopsis kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager. Find more information at https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes. ``` kubectl ``` ### Options ``` --alsologtostderr log to standard error as well as files --as string Username to impersonate for the operation --certificate-authority string Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority --client-certificate string Path to a client certificate file for TLS --client-key string Path to a client key file for TLS --cluster string The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use --context string The name of the kubeconfig context to use --insecure-skip-tls-verify If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure --kubeconfig string Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests. --log-backtrace-at traceLocation when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace (default :0) --log-dir string If non-empty, write log files in this directory --logtostderr log to standard error instead of files --match-server-version Require server version to match client version -n, --namespace string If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request --password string Password for basic authentication to the API server --request-timeout string 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. (default "0") -s, --server string The address and port of the Kubernetes API server --stderrthreshold severity logs at or above this threshold go to stderr (default 2) --token string Bearer token for authentication to the API server --user string The name of the kubeconfig user to use --username string Username for basic authentication to the API server -v, --v Level log level for V logs --vmodule moduleSpec comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging ``` ### SEE ALSO * [kubectl annotate](kubectl_annotate.md) - Update the annotations on a resource * [kubectl api-versions](kubectl_api-versions.md) - Print the supported API versions on the server, in the form of "group/version" * [kubectl apply](kubectl_apply.md) - Apply a configuration to a resource by filename or stdin * [kubectl attach](kubectl_attach.md) - Attach to a running container * [kubectl autoscale](kubectl_autoscale.md) - Auto-scale a Deployment, ReplicaSet, or ReplicationController * [kubectl certificate](kubectl_certificate.md) - Modify certificate resources. * [kubectl cluster-info](kubectl_cluster-info.md) - Display cluster info * [kubectl completion](kubectl_completion.md) - Output shell completion code for the given shell (bash or zsh) * [kubectl config](kubectl_config.md) - Modify kubeconfig files * [kubectl convert](kubectl_convert.md) - Convert config files between different API versions * [kubectl cordon](kubectl_cordon.md) - Mark node as unschedulable * [kubectl cp](kubectl_cp.md) - Copy files and directories to and from containers. * [kubectl create](kubectl_create.md) - Create a resource by filename or stdin * [kubectl delete](kubectl_delete.md) - Delete resources by filenames, stdin, resources and names, or by resources and label selector * [kubectl describe](kubectl_describe.md) - Show details of a specific resource or group of resources * [kubectl drain](kubectl_drain.md) - Drain node in preparation for maintenance * [kubectl edit](kubectl_edit.md) - Edit a resource on the server * [kubectl exec](kubectl_exec.md) - Execute a command in a container * [kubectl explain](kubectl_explain.md) - Documentation of resources * [kubectl expose](kubectl_expose.md) - Take a replication controller, service, deployment or pod and expose it as a new Kubernetes Service * [kubectl get](kubectl_get.md) - Display one or many resources * [kubectl label](kubectl_label.md) - Update the labels on a resource * [kubectl logs](kubectl_logs.md) - Print the logs for a container in a pod * [kubectl options](kubectl_options.md) - * [kubectl patch](kubectl_patch.md) - Update field(s) of a resource using strategic merge patch * [kubectl port-forward](kubectl_port-forward.md) - Forward one or more local ports to a pod * [kubectl proxy](kubectl_proxy.md) - Run a proxy to the Kubernetes API server * [kubectl replace](kubectl_replace.md) - Replace a resource by filename or stdin * [kubectl rolling-update](kubectl_rolling-update.md) - Perform a rolling update of the given ReplicationController * [kubectl rollout](kubectl_rollout.md) - Manage a deployment rollout * [kubectl run](kubectl_run.md) - Run a particular image on the cluster * [kubectl scale](kubectl_scale.md) - Set a new size for a Deployment, ReplicaSet, Replication Controller, or Job * [kubectl set](kubectl_set.md) - Set specific features on objects * [kubectl taint](kubectl_taint.md) - Update the taints on one or more nodes * [kubectl top](kubectl_top.md) - Display Resource (CPU/Memory/Storage) usage * [kubectl uncordon](kubectl_uncordon.md) - Mark node as schedulable * [kubectl version](kubectl_version.md) - Print the client and server version information ###### Auto generated by spf13/cobra on 13-Dec-2016 [![Analytics](https://kubernetes-site.appspot.com/UA-36037335-10/GitHub/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl.md?pixel)]()