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## 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[=false]: log to standard error as well as files
      --as="": Username to impersonate for the operation.
      --certificate-authority="": Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.
      --client-certificate="": Path to a client certificate file for TLS.
      --client-key="": Path to a client key file for TLS.
      --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="": Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
      --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.
      --password="": Password for basic authentication to the API server.
  -s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
      --stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
      --token="": Bearer token for authentication to the API server.
      --user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use
      --username="": Username for basic authentication to the API server.
      --v=0: log level for V logs
      --vmodule=: 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 cluster-info](kubectl_cluster-info.md)	 - Display cluster info
* [kubectl config](kubectl_config.md)	 - config modifies kubeconfig files
* [kubectl convert](kubectl_convert.md)	 - Convert config files between different API versions
* [kubectl cordon](kubectl_cordon.md)	 - Mark node as unschedulable
* [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 namespace](kubectl_namespace.md)	 - SUPERSEDED: Set and view the current Kubernetes namespace
* [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)	 - rollout manages a deployment
* [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 uncordon](kubectl_uncordon.md)	 - Mark node as schedulable
* [kubectl version](kubectl_version.md)	 - Print the client and server version information.

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