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] [--auth-provider=provider_name] [--auth-provider-arg=key=value]
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
# Enable the Google Compute Platform auth provider for the "cluster-admin" entry
kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --auth-provider=gcp
# Enable the OpenID Connect auth provider for the "cluster-admin" entry with additional args
kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --auth-provider=oidc --auth-provider-arg=client-id=foo --auth-provider-arg=client-secret=bar
# Remove the "client-secret" config value for the OpenID Connect auth provider for the "cluster-admin" entry
kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --auth-provider=oidc --auth-provider-arg=client-secret-
Options
--auth-provider value auth provider for the user entry in kubeconfig
--auth-provider-arg value 'key=value' arugments for the auth provider (default [])
--client-certificate value path to client-certificate file for the user entry in kubeconfig
--client-key value path to client-key file for the user entry in kubeconfig
--embed-certs value[=true] embed client cert/key for the user entry in kubeconfig
--password value password for the user entry in kubeconfig
--token value token for the user entry in kubeconfig
--username value username for the user entry in kubeconfig
Options inherited from parent commands
--alsologtostderr value 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
--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 use a particular kubeconfig file
--log-backtrace-at value when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace (default :0)
--log-dir value If non-empty, write log files in this directory
--logtostderr value 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
-s, --server string The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--stderrthreshold value logs at or above this threshold go to stderr (default 2)
--user string The name of the kubeconfig user to use
-v, --v value log level for V logs
--vmodule value comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
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