kubectl_config_set-credentials.md

PLEASE NOTE: This document applies to the HEAD of the source tree

If you are using a released version of Kubernetes, you should refer to the docs that go with that version.

The latest 1.0.x release of this document can be found [here](http://releases.k8s.io/release-1.0/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_config_set-credentials.md).

Documentation for other releases can be found at releases.k8s.io.

kubectl config set-credentials

Sets a user entry in kubeconfig

Synopsis

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 [--client-certificate=path/to/certfile] [--client-key=path/to/keyfile] [--token=bearer_token] [--username=basic_user] [--password=basic_password]

Examples

# Set only the "client-key" field on the "cluster-admin"
# entry, without touching other values:
$ kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --client-key=~/.kube/admin.key

# Set basic auth for the "cluster-admin" entry
$ kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --username=admin --password=uXFGweU9l35qcif

# Embed client certificate data in the "cluster-admin" entry
$ kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --client-certificate=~/.kube/admin.crt --embed-certs=true

Options

      --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
      --password="": password for the user entry in kubeconfig
      --token="": token for the user entry in kubeconfig
      --username="": username for the user entry in kubeconfig

Options inherited from parent commands

      --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
      --vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging

SEE ALSO

• kubectl config - config modifies kubeconfig files

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