KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes)

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💖 KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes) — the kubectl create serviceaccount page, but make it make sense 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, and let's talk about making a service account. this is from the kubernetes manual, section 1, and yes it's giving very "official docs" but we're gonna make it cute. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

kubectl create serviceaccount — spin up a service account with the name you tell it. that's it. that's the whole job. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

kubectl create serviceaccount [OPTIONS]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Create a service account with the specified name. literally just that. you say the name, it makes the thing. iconic behavior honestly. ✨

💜 OPTIONS 💜

  • --allow-missing-template-keys=true — if this is true, any template errors when a field or map key is missing just get ignored, no drama. heads up tho: this only applies to golang and jsonpath output formats. 🙈
  • --dry-run="none" — has to be one of "none", "server", or "client". if you pick the client strategy, it only prints the object that would be sent, without actually sending it. if you pick the server strategy, it submits a server-side request without persisting the resource. like a rehearsal, no commitment. 💅
  • --field-manager="kubectl-create" — the name of the manager used to track field ownership. it's the little name tag on who owns which field. 🏷️
  • -o, --output="" — output format, bestie. pick one of: (json, yaml, kyaml, name, go-template, go-template-file, template, templatefile, jsonpath, jsonpath-as-json, jsonpath-file). so many options, so much power. 🔥
  • --save-config=false — if true, the configuration of the current object gets saved in its annotation. otherwise the annotation stays exactly how it was. this flag is your bestie when you wanna run kubectl apply on this object later. plan ahead, queen. 👑
  • --show-managed-fields=false — if true, keep the managedFields when printing objects in JSON or YAML format. don't hide the receipts. 💀
  • --template="" — template string or path to a template file to use when you're doing -o=go-template, -o=go-template-file. the template format is golang templates [http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview]. 🧚
  • --validate="strict" — must be one of: strict (or true), warn, ignore (or false).
    • "true" or "strict" will use a schema to validate the input and fail the request if invalid. it'll do server side validation if ServerSideFieldValidation is enabled on the api-server, but will fall back to less reliable client-side validation if it's not.
    • "warn" will warn about unknown or duplicate fields without blocking the request if server-side field validation is enabled on the API server, and behaves as "ignore" otherwise.
    • "false" or "ignore" will not perform any schema validation, silently dropping any unknown or duplicate fields. 🫣

🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

these are the family heirlooms, passed down from the parent commands. all still valid, all still slay. ✨

  • --as="" — username to impersonate for the operation. could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace. 🎭
  • --as-group=[] — group to impersonate for the operation. this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups. stack 'em. 🧚
  • --as-uid="" — UID to impersonate for the operation. 🪪
  • --as-user-extra=[] — 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" — default cache directory. 🗂️
  • --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. ⚠️
bestie. i need you to hear me. this one makes your HTTPS insecure. it's the "i'm just gonna close my eyes and cross the street" of flags. use it only if you truly know what you're doing. 💀
  • --kubeconfig="" — path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests. 📁
  • --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. matching outfits, but for versions. 👯
  • -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). 📊
  • --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. ⏳
  • -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. no chill mode. 🚨

🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

  # Create a new service account named my-service-account
  kubectl create serviceaccount my-service-account

look at that. one line. gorgeous. go off. 💅✨

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

kubectl-create(1), — go check out the parent command if you wanna see the whole family. 🌳

📜 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! 💖

and that's the whole page, bestie. no notes. this came from the Manuals section, User category, of the KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes) manual — dated Jan 2015, compiled by Eric Paris. thanks for coming to my ted talk, now go make that service account. 🎀💖✨🦋

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