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KUBERNETES(1) Jan 2015 KUBERNETES(1)

NAME

kubectl apply - Apply a configuration to a resource by filename or stdin

SYNOPSIS

kubectl apply [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION

Apply a configuration to a resource by filename or stdin. The resource will be created if it doesn't exist yet.

JSON and YAML formats are accepted.

OPTIONS

-f, --filename=[]
Filename, directory, or URL to file that contains the configuration to apply

-o, --output=""
Output mode. Use "-o name" for shorter output (resource/name).

--record=false
Record current kubectl command in the resource annotation.

--schema-cache-dir=" /.kube/schema"
If non-empty, load/store cached API schemas in this directory, default is '$HOME/.kube/schema'

--validate=true
If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS

--alsologtostderr=false
log to standard error as well as files

--api-version=""
DEPRECATED: The API version to use when talking to the server

--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

--insecure-skip-tls-verify=false
If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure.

--kubeconfig=""
Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.

--log-backtrace-at=:0
when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace

--log-dir=""
If non-empty, write log files in this directory

--log-flush-frequency=5s
Maximum number of seconds between log flushes

--logtostderr=true
log to standard error instead of files

--match-server-version=false
Require server version to match client version

--namespace=""
If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.

--password=""
Password for basic authentication to the API server.

-s, --server=""
The address and port of the Kubernetes API server

--stderrthreshold=2
logs at or above this threshold go to stderr

--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.

-v, --v=0
log level for V logs

--vmodule=
comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging

EXAMPLE

# Apply the configuration in pod.json to a pod.
kubectl apply -f ./pod.json
# Apply the JSON passed into stdin to a pod.
cat pod.json | kubectl apply -f -

SEE ALSO

kubectl(1),

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!

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