KubeOne(1)

📦 version 1.12.3, in arch rolling

✨ NAME ✨

Hii bestie 💖 welcome to the KubeOne(1) manual — this page is all about kubeone-local: Reconcile the local one-node-all-in-one cluster. It’s giving local cluster main character energy, fr fr.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

kubeone local [flags]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Initialize the all-in-one node cluster on a local machine. That’s the whole assignment, bestie ✨ — local machine, all-in-one node cluster, let’s go.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

Okay so here’s the flag menu — every single one, no skips, no cap 💖

  • --apiendpoint="" — kube-apiserver endpoint to init, default to autodetect. Lowkey handy when you don’t wanna guess the endpoint yourself 🌸
  • -y, --auto-approve[=false] — auto approve plan. Zero extra “are you sure?” drama 💅
  • -b, --backup="" — path to where the PKI backup .tar.gz file should be placed (default: location of cluster config file). Backup bestie behavior, honestly 🎀
  • --force-install[=false] — use force to install new binary versions (!dangerous!). Bestie. This one is literally marked dangerous — handle with care, no cap 💀
  • --force-upgrade[=false] — force start upgrade process. It does exactly what it says on the tin 🔥
  • -h, --help[=false] — help for local. The “what does this even do” button 🫶
  • --kubernetes-version="v1.34.3" — kubernetes version to install when there is no manifest. Default is locked in as v1.34.3 ⭐
  • --no-init[=false] — don’t initialize the cluster (only install binaries). Binaries only, cluster stays unbothered 🙈
⚠️ --force-install[=false] is marked (!dangerous!) in the original — so yeah, that’s a big “be careful” from me to you, bestie. 💀

🔁 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🔁

These come from the parent commands, so they’re part of the group-chat too 🫶

  • -c, --credentials="" — File to source credentials and secrets from. Secrets stay sourced, not spilled 💜
  • -d, --debug[=false] — debug output with stacktrace. For when you need the full lore 😭
  • -l, --log-format="text" — format for logging. Default vibe is text ✨
  • -m, --manifest="./kubeone.yaml" — Path to the KubeOne config. Default is ./kubeone.yaml, iconic 🎀
  • -t, --tfjson="" — Source for terraform output in JSON - to read from stdin. If path is a file, contents will be used. If path is a dictionary, terraform output -json is executed in this path. Terraform tea ☕
  • -v, --verbose[=false] — verbose output. For when you want the full director’s commentary 🌈

🍓 EXAMPLE 🍓

Run this, bestie:

kubeone local

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

  • kubeone(1) — go say hi to the parent command 👑

🎀 HISTORY 🎀

Mark the calendar: 8-Feb-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra ✨

Byeee bestie 🫶 — cute sign-off from the KubeOne(1) manual: auto generated by spf13/cobra, Feb 2026. Periodt. 💅

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