# kubectl create token

kubectl create tokenSynopsisRequest a service account token.kubectl create token SERVICE_ACCOUNT_NAME Examples # Request a token to authenticate to the kube-apiserver as the service account "myapp" in the current namespace kubectl create token myapp # Request a token for a service account in a custom namespace kubectl create token myapp --namespace myns # Request a token with a custom expiration kubectl create token myapp --duration 10m # Request a token with a custom audience kubectl create token myapp --audience https://example.com # Request a token bound to an instance of a Secret object kubectl create token myapp --bound-object-kind Secret --bound-object-name mysecret # Request a token bound to an instance of a Secret object with a specific UID kubectl create token myapp --bound-object-kind Secret --bound-object-name mysecret --bound-object-uid 0d4691ed-659b-4935-a832-355f77ee47cc Options--allow-missing-template-keys Default: trueIf true, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is missing in the template. Only applies to golang and jsonpath output formats.--audience stringsAudience of the requested token. If unset, defaults to requesting a token for use with the Kubernetes API server. May be repeated to request a token valid for multiple audiences.--bound-object-kind stringKind of an object to bind the token to. Supported kinds are Node, Pod, Secret. If set, --bound-object-name must be provided.--bound-object-name stringName of an object to bind the token to. The token will expire when the object is deleted. Requires --bound-object-kind.--bound-object-uid stringUID of an object to bind the token to. Requires --bound-object-kind and --bound-object-name. If unset, the UID of the existing object is used.--duration durationRequested lifetime of the issued token. If not set or if set to 0, the lifetime will be determined by the server automatically. The server may return a token with a longer or shorter lifetime.-h, --helphelp for token-o, --output stringOutput format. One of: (json, yaml, name, go-template, go-template-file, template, templatefile, jsonpath, jsonpath-as-json, jsonpath-file).--show-managed-fieldsIf true, keep the managedFields when printing objects in JSON or YAML format.--template stringTemplate string or path to template file to use when -o=go-template, -o=go-template-file. The template format is golang templates [http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview].Parent 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 create - Create a resource from a file or from stdinThis 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.