KubeOne(1)

💅 KubeOne(1) — the kubeconfig generate glow-up

okay bestie, welcome to the KubeOne(1) manual page ✨ this is the one where we make you a kubeconfig. yes. THE kubeconfig. it's giving "keys to the kingdom" and honestly? iconic 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

kubeone-kubeconfig-generate — generate kubeconfig 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

kubeone kubeconfig generate [flags]

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically 💫 you generate a kubeconfig, and you do it with the certificate parameters you pass in. that's the whole vibe. cert params in → kubeconfig out. slay 🌸

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• --cn="" — the CommonName (CN) for the client certificate you're generating, default is empty string 🎀
• -h, --help[=false] — help for generate. classic. the little lifesaver ✨
• --on=[] — the OrganizationName (ON) for the generated client certificate. it's a list, default empty 🔥
• -s, --super-admin[=false] — generate a superadmin kubeconfig 🫶 this is literally just shorthand for --cn @ --on system:masters. main character energy, no cap 👑
• --ttl=1h0m0s — Time To Live for the generated certificate. default is 1h0m0s ⭐

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🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

these are the family hand-me-downs, and honestly they ate 💜

• -c, --credentials="" — file to source credentials and secrets from 🔐
• -d, --debug[=false] — debug output, WITH stacktrace. very "show me everything" of it 😭
• -l, --log-format="text" — format for logging, defaults to text 📝
• -m, --manifest="./kubeone.yaml" — path to the KubeOne config. default be ./kubeone.yaml 🗂️
• -t, --tfjson="" — source for terraform output in JSON. to read from stdin. if the path is a file, the contents will be used. if the path is a dictionary, terraform output -json is executed in this path 🧚
• -v, --verbose[=false] — verbose output, for when you simply must know everything 💅

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✨ EXAMPLE ✨

here's your little template bestie, copy it exactly 🍓

kubeone kubeconfig generate -m mycluster.yaml -t tf.json --super-admin

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

kubeone-kubeconfig(1) — go read the parent, it's the whole tree 🌳

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💀 HISTORY 💀

• 8-Feb-2026 — auto generated by spf13/cobra 🙈

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ngl, this page is auto generated, so if something looks weird it wasn't a human's fault. zero notes, moving on 💅

okay that's the whole thing!! go forth and generate, bestie 🌟

sign-off time 🫶 this little number was auto generated by spf13/cobra and stamped Feb 2026 — that's the source, the version vibe, and the date, all wrapped up with a bow 🎀✨