NAME¶

oc config set-credentials - Set a user entry in kubeconfig

SYNOPSIS¶

oc config set-credentials [OPTIONS]

DESCRIPTION¶

Set a user entry in kubeconfig.

Specifying a name that already exists will merge new fields on top of existing values.

    Client-certificate flags:


    --client-certificate=certfile --client-key=keyfile


    Bearer token flags:


    --token=bearer_token


    Basic auth flags:


    --username=basic_user --password=basic_password

Bearer token and basic auth are mutually exclusive.

OPTIONS¶

--auth-provider=""
Auth provider for the user entry in kubeconfig

--auth-provider-arg=[]
'key=value' arguments for the auth provider

--client-certificate=""
Path to client-certificate file for the user entry in kubeconfig

--client-key=""
Path to client-key file for the user entry in kubeconfig

--embed-certs=false
Embed client cert/key for the user entry in kubeconfig

--exec-api-version=""
API version of the exec credential plugin for the user entry in kubeconfig

--exec-arg=[]
New arguments for the exec credential plugin command for the user entry in kubeconfig

--exec-command=""
Command for the exec credential plugin for the user entry in kubeconfig

--exec-env=[]
'key=value' environment values for the exec credential plugin

--exec-interactive-mode=""
InteractiveMode of the exec credentials plugin for the user entry in kubeconfig

--exec-provide-cluster-info=false
ProvideClusterInfo of the exec credentials plugin for the user entry in kubeconfig

--password=""
password for the user entry in kubeconfig

--token=""
token for the user entry in kubeconfig

--username=""
username for the user entry in kubeconfig

OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS¶

--as=""
Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.

--as-group=[]
Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.

--as-uid=""
UID to impersonate for the operation.

--cache-dir="/home/abuild/.kube/cache"
Default cache directory

--certificate-authority=""
Path to a cert file for the certificate authority

--cluster=""
The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use

--context=""
The name of the kubeconfig context to use

--disable-compression=false
If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server

--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=""
use a particular kubeconfig file

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

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

--profile="none"
Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex)

--profile-output="profile.pprof"
Name of the file to write the profile to

--request-timeout="0"
The length of time to wait before giving up on a single server request. Non-zero values should contain a corresponding time unit (e.g. 1s, 2m, 3h). A value of zero means don't timeout requests.

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

--tls-server-name=""
Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used

--user=""
The name of the kubeconfig user to use

--warnings-as-errors=false
Treat warnings received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code

EXAMPLE¶

  # Set only the "client-key" field on the "cluster-admin"


  # entry, without touching other values


  oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --client-key= /.kube/admin.key


  


  # Set basic auth for the "cluster-admin" entry


  oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --username=admin --password=uXFGweU9l35qcif


  


  # Embed client certificate data in the "cluster-admin" entry


  oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --client-certificate= /.kube/admin.crt --embed-certs=true


  


  # Enable the Google Compute Platform auth provider for the "cluster-admin" entry


  oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --auth-provider=gcp


  


  # Enable the OpenID Connect auth provider for the "cluster-admin" entry with additional arguments


  oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --auth-provider=oidc --auth-provider-arg=client-id=foo --auth-provider-arg=client-secret=bar


  


  # Remove the "client-secret" config value for the OpenID Connect auth provider for the "cluster-admin" entry


  oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --auth-provider=oidc --auth-provider-arg=client-secret-


  


  # Enable new exec auth plugin for the "cluster-admin" entry


  oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-command=/path/to/the/executable --exec-api-version=client.authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1


  


  # Enable new exec auth plugin for the "cluster-admin" entry with interactive mode


  oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-command=/path/to/the/executable --exec-api-version=client.authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1 --exec-interactive-mode=Never


  


  # Define new exec auth plugin arguments for the "cluster-admin" entry


  oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-arg=arg1 --exec-arg=arg2


  


  # Create or update exec auth plugin environment variables for the "cluster-admin" entry


  oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-env=key1=val1 --exec-env=key2=val2


  


  # Remove exec auth plugin environment variables for the "cluster-admin" entry


  oc config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-env=var-to-remove-

SEE ALSO¶

oc-config(1),

HISTORY¶

June 2016, Ported from the Kubernetes man-doc generator