KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes)
π KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes) β the kubectl config delete-user page, bestie edition π
okay so hi, welcome to the manual for kubectl config delete-user, straight outta the kubernetes manual, section 1. Originally put together by Eric Paris, January 2015, and we're still here. Let's get into it β¨
πΈ NAME πΈ
kubectl config delete-user β Delete the specified user from the kubeconfig
π SYNOPSIS π
kubectl config delete-user [OPTIONS]
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
Delete the specified user from the kubeconfig.
that's it. that's the whole vibe. you point it at a user, it β¨ removes them β¨ from your kubeconfig. spring cleaning energy, no cap. π§Ή
π OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS π
these are the flags you get handed down from the parent command β you didn't ask for them, but they're yours now, and honestly some of them are lowkey iconic π
--as=""β Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.--as-group=[]β Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.--as-uid=""β UID to impersonate for the operation.--as-user-extra=[]β User extras to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple values for the same key.--cache-dir="/home/username/.kube/cache"β Default cache directory--certificate-authority=""β Path to a cert file for the certificate authority--client-certificate=""β Path to a client certificate file for TLS--client-key=""β Path to a client key file for TLS--cluster=""β The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use--context=""β The name of the kubeconfig context to use--disable-compression=falseβ If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server--insecure-skip-tls-verify=falseβ If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
π¨ bestie. please. this one literally makes your HTTPS connections insecure. it's giving "trust fall with a stranger." the cert does not get checked for validity. do not do this casually, i am begging π
--kubeconfig=""β use a particular kubeconfig file--kuberc=""β Path to the kuberc file to use for preferences. This can be disabled by exportingKUBECTL_KUBERC=falsefeature gate or turning off the featureKUBERC=off.--match-server-version=falseβ Require server version to match client version-n,--namespace=""β If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request--password=""β Password for basic authentication to the API server--profile="none"β Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex|trace)--profile-output="profile.pprof"β Name of the file to write the profile to--proxy-url=""β Proxy URL to use for requests to the API server--request-timeout="0"β 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.-s,--server=""β The address and port of the Kubernetes API server--tls-server-name=""β Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used--token=""β Bearer token for authentication to the API server--user=""β The name of the kubeconfig user to use--username=""β Username for basic authentication to the API server--version=falseβ--version,--version=rawprints version information and quits;--version=vX.Y.Z...sets the reported version--warnings-as-errors=falseβ Treat warnings received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code
π EXAMPLE π
here's the moment you've been waiting for, the demo, the main character moment π«Ά
# Delete the minikube user
kubectl config delete-user minikube
bye minikube user, you served π
β SEE ALSO β
π HISTORY π
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!
and that's the whole page, bestie π this one came to you from the Manuals section, User subsection, version/date footer situation: KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes). slay, go delete a user responsibly πΈβ¨
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