.TH "KUBERNETES" "1" " kubernetes User Manuals" "Eric Paris" "Jan 2015"  ""


.SH NAME
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kubectl apply \- Apply a configuration to a resource by filename or stdin


.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBkubectl apply\fP [OPTIONS]


.SH DESCRIPTION
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Apply a configuration to a resource by filename or stdin.
The resource will be created if it doesn't exist yet.
To use 'apply', always create the resource initially with either 'apply' or 'create \-\-save\-config'.

.PP
JSON and YAML formats are accepted.


.SH OPTIONS
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\fB\-f\fP, \fB\-\-filename\fP=[]
    Filename, directory, or URL to file that contains the configuration to apply

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\fB\-\-include\-extended\-apis\fP=true
    If true, include definitions of new APIs via calls to the API server. [default true]

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\fB\-o\fP, \fB\-\-output\fP=""
    Output mode. Use "\-o name" for shorter output (resource/name).

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\fB\-\-record\fP=false
    Record current kubectl command in the resource annotation.

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\fB\-R\fP, \fB\-\-recursive\fP=false
    If true, process directory recursively.

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\fB\-\-schema\-cache\-dir\fP="\~/.kube/schema"
    If non\-empty, load/store cached API schemas in this directory, default is '$HOME/.kube/schema'

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\fB\-\-validate\fP=true
    If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it


.SH OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
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\fB\-\-alsologtostderr\fP=false
    log to standard error as well as files

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\fB\-\-api\-version\fP=""
    DEPRECATED: The API version to use when talking to the server

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

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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\-\-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\-\-log\-backtrace\-at\fP=:0
    when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace

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\fB\-\-log\-dir\fP=""
    If non\-empty, write log files in this directory

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\fB\-\-log\-flush\-frequency\fP=5s
    Maximum number of seconds between log flushes

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\fB\-\-logtostderr\fP=true
    log to standard error instead of files

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

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

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\fB\-\-stderrthreshold\fP=2
    logs at or above this threshold go to stderr

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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\-\-v\fP=0
    log level for V logs

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\fB\-\-vmodule\fP=
    comma\-separated list of pattern=N settings for file\-filtered logging


.SH EXAMPLE
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.RS

.nf
# Apply the configuration in pod.json to a pod.
kubectl apply \-f ./pod.json

# Apply the JSON passed into stdin to a pod.
cat pod.json | kubectl apply \-f \-

.fi
.RE


.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBkubectl(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!