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.

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).

--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=""
    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 key 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=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!