KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes)
π KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes) β kubectl kuberc view π
okay so bestie, pull up a chair, because this is the kubectl page from the kubernetes manual, section 1, and it's lowkey one of the cutest little commands out there. ngl, it was originally put together by Eric Paris back in Jan 2015. let's get into it π«Ά
β¨ NAME β¨
kubectl kuberc view β Display the current kuberc configuration
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
kubectl kuberc view [OPTIONS]
β¨ DESCRIPTION β¨
It literally shows you what's inside your kuberc file, printed out in whatever output format you asked for. that's the whole vibe. π
β¨ OPTIONS β¨
--allow-missing-template-keys=trueβ if this is true, it justβ¦ ignores any errors in templates when a field or map key is missing from the template. no drama. heads up tho: this only applies to thegolangandjsonpathoutput formats.--kuberc=""β the path to the kuberc file you want to use for preferences. you can turn this whole thing off by exporting theKUBECTL_KUBERC=falsefeature gate, or by flipping the feature off withKUBERC=off. β¨-o,--output="yaml"β the output format, bestie. one of: (json,yaml,kyaml,name,go-template,go-template-file,template,templatefile,jsonpath,jsonpath-as-json,jsonpath-file). the default is alreadyyaml, she's chill like that.--show-managed-fields=falseβ if true, it keeps themanagedFieldsaround when printing objects in JSON or YAML format.--template=""β a template string, or a path to a template file, to use when you're doing-o=go-templateor-o=go-template-file. the template format is golang templates β here's the link it gives you:http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview. go read it, iykyk π
β¨ OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS β¨
these are the ones she got from her parent commands, and yes she's serving them all:
--as=""β username to impersonate for the operation. this can be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.--as-group=[]β group to impersonate for the operation. you can repeat this flag 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 the default cache directory. ποΈ--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, you 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 so like, know what you're doing, fr fr.--kubeconfig=""β path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.--match-server-version=falseβ require the server version to match the 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 the 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 how long to wait before giving up on a single server request. non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (like1s,2m,3h). a value of zero means don't timeout requests β she'll wait forever, iconic but alsoβ¦ girl. β³-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's not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used instead.--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. she said no more being nice about it π
β¨ EXAMPLE β¨
here's the whole glow-up in action, copy-paste ready:
# View kuberc configuration in YAML format (default)
kubectl kuberc view
# View kuberc configuration in JSON format
kubectl kuberc view --output json
# View a specific kuberc file
kubectl kuberc view --kuberc /path/to/kuberc
β¨ SEE ALSO β¨
β¨ HISTORY β¨
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! π§
and that's the whole page, bestie π this one came out of the Manuals collection, in the User section, and it's filed as KUBERNETES(1)(kubernetes) β with the original date sitting pretty at Jan 2015 and the author credit going to Eric Paris. slay, go read your kuberc πΈβ¨
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