KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes)

✨ KUBERNETES(1) — the kubectl config current-context era ✨

okay bestie, welcome to kubernetes(1), and specifically the little glow-up that is kubectl config current-context. this page is from the kubernetes manual, and it was written by Eric Paris back in January 2015. let's get into it 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

kubectl config current-context — literally just shows you the current-context. that's it. that's the whole job. iconic minimalism 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

kubectl config current-context [OPTIONS]

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Display the current-context.

no cap, that's the entire description. it displays the current-context. she's simple, she's effective, she ate 💅✨

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👑 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 👑

these bad boys come down from the parent commands, so you didn't get them from this command specifically, but they're still yours to use, bestie 🫶

• --as="" — username to impersonate for the operation. could be a regular user, or a service account in a namespace. main character energy, but borrowed.
• --as-group=[] — group to impersonate for the operation. you can repeat this flag to specify multiple groups. stack 'em 🍓
• --as-uid="" — the UID to impersonate for the operation.
• --as-user-extra=[] — user extras to impersonate for the operation. repeat this flag to specify multiple values for the same key. yes, you can keep going.
• --cache-dir="/home/username/.kube/cache" — the default cache directory. that's the path, keep it exactly like that.
• --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.
• --disable-compression=false — if true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server.
• --insecure-skip-tls-verify=false — if true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. > this will make your HTTPS connections insecure. not a vibe, bestie, be careful 😭
• --kubeconfig="" — use a particular kubeconfig file.
• --kuberc="" — path to the kuberc file to use for preferences. this can be disabled by exporting KUBECTL_KUBERC=false feature gate, or turning off the feature KUBERC=off.
• --match-server-version=false — require server version to match client version.
• -n, --namespace="" — if present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.
• --password="" — password for basic authentication to the API server.
• --profile="none" — name of profile to capture. one of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex|trace). pick your fighter 💀
• --profile-output="profile.pprof" — name of the file to write the profile to.
• --proxy-url="" — proxy URL to use for requests to the API server.
• --request-timeout="0" — 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. so 0 is the "we die like men" setting 🙈
• -s, --server="" — the address and port of the Kubernetes API server.
• --tls-server-name="" — server name to use for server certificate validation. if it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used.
• --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.
• --version=false — --version, --version=raw prints version information and quits; --version=vX.Y.Z... sets the reported version.
• --warnings-as-errors=false — treat warnings received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code. strict queen behavior 💅

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🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

  # Display the current-context
  kubectl config current-context

look at her go. one line, zero drama, does exactly what it says 🦋

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• kubectl-config(1)

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📜 HISTORY 📜

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! the way that this manpage is lowkey a historical artifact fr fr 🧚

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and that's the whole page, bestie! this one lives in the kubernetes manual under the User section, and it's the KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes) page — stay current, stay contextual, and go check which context you're in before you break prod, i'm begging 😭💖