# kubectl auth can-i

kubectl auth can-iSynopsisCheck whether an action is allowed.VERB is a logical Kubernetes API verb like 'get', 'list', 'watch', 'delete', etc. TYPE is a Kubernetes resource. Shortcuts and groups will be resolved. NONRESOURCEURL is a partial URL that starts with "/". NAME is the name of a particular Kubernetes resource. This command pairs nicely with impersonation. See --as global flag.kubectl auth can-i VERB [TYPE | TYPE/NAME | NONRESOURCEURL] Examples # Check to see if I can create pods in any namespace kubectl auth can-i create pods --all-namespaces # Check to see if I can list deployments in my current namespace kubectl auth can-i list deployments.apps # Check to see if service account "foo" of namespace "dev" can list pods in the namespace "prod" # You must be allowed to use impersonation for the global option "--as" kubectl auth can-i list pods --as=system:serviceaccount:dev:foo -n prod # Check to see if I can do everything in my current namespace ("*" means all) kubectl auth can-i '*' '*' # Check to see if I can get the job named "bar" in namespace "foo" kubectl auth can-i list jobs.batch/bar -n foo # Check to see if I can read pod logs kubectl auth can-i get pods --subresource=log # Check to see if I can access the URL /logs/ kubectl auth can-i get /logs/ # Check to see if I can approve certificates.k8s.io kubectl auth can-i approve certificates.k8s.io # List all allowed actions in namespace "foo" kubectl auth can-i --list --namespace=foo Options-A, --all-namespacesIf true, check the specified action in all namespaces.-h, --helphelp for can-i--listIf true, prints all allowed actions.--no-headersIf true, prints allowed actions without headers-q, --quietIf true, suppress output and just return the exit code.--subresource stringSubResource such as pod/log or deployment/scaleParent Options Inherited--as stringUsername to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.--as-group stringsGroup to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.--as-uid stringUID to impersonate for the operation.--cache-dir string Default: "$HOME/.kube/cache"Default cache directory--certificate-authority stringPath to a cert file for the certificate authority--client-certificate stringPath to a client certificate file for TLS--client-key stringPath to a client key file for TLS--cluster stringThe name of the kubeconfig cluster to use--context stringThe name of the kubeconfig context to use--disable-compressionIf true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server--insecure-skip-tls-verifyIf true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure--kubeconfig stringPath to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.--kuberc stringPath to the kuberc file to use for preferences. This can be disabled by exporting KUBECTL_KUBERC=false feature gate or turning off the feature KUBERC=off.--match-server-versionRequire server version to match client version-n, --namespace stringIf present, the namespace scope for this CLI request--password stringPassword for basic authentication to the API server--profile string Default: "none"Name of profile to capture. One of (none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex)--profile-output string Default: "profile.pprof"Name of the file to write the profile to--request-timeout string Default: "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 stringThe address and port of the Kubernetes API server--storage-driver-buffer-duration duration Default: 1m0sWrites in the storage driver will be buffered for this duration, and committed to the non memory backends as a single transaction--storage-driver-db string Default: "cadvisor"database name--storage-driver-host string Default: "localhost:8086"database host:port--storage-driver-password string Default: "root"database password--storage-driver-secureuse secure connection with database--storage-driver-table string Default: "stats"table name--storage-driver-user string Default: "root"database username--tls-server-name stringServer name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used--token stringBearer token for authentication to the API server--user stringThe name of the kubeconfig user to use--username stringUsername for basic authentication to the API server--version version[=true]--version, --version=raw prints version information and quits; --version=vX.Y.Z... sets the reported version--warnings-as-errorsTreat warnings received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit codeSee Alsokubectl auth - Inspect authorizationThis page is automatically generated.If you plan to report an issue with this page, mention that the page is auto-generated in your issue description. The fix may need to happen elsewhere in the Kubernetes project.