# kubectl config set-cluster

kubectl config set-clusterSynopsisSet a cluster entry in kubeconfig.Specifying a name that already exists will merge new fields on top of existing values for those fields.kubectl config set-cluster NAME [--server=server] [--certificate-authority=path/to/certificate/authority] [--insecure-skip-tls-verify=true] [--tls-server-name=example.com] Examples # Set only the server field on the e2e cluster entry without touching other values kubectl config set-cluster e2e --server=https://1.2.3.4 # Embed certificate authority data for the e2e cluster entry kubectl config set-cluster e2e --embed-certs --certificate-authority=~/.kube/e2e/kubernetes.ca.crt # Disable cert checking for the e2e cluster entry kubectl config set-cluster e2e --insecure-skip-tls-verify=true # Set the custom TLS server name to use for validation for the e2e cluster entry kubectl config set-cluster e2e --tls-server-name=my-cluster-name # Set the proxy URL for the e2e cluster entry kubectl config set-cluster e2e --proxy-url=https://1.2.3.4 Options--certificate-authority stringPath to certificate-authority file for the cluster entry in kubeconfig--embed-certs tristate[=true]embed-certs for the cluster entry in kubeconfig-h, --helphelp for set-cluster--insecure-skip-tls-verify tristate[=true]insecure-skip-tls-verify for the cluster entry in kubeconfig--proxy-url stringproxy-url for the cluster entry in kubeconfig--server stringserver for the cluster entry in kubeconfig--tls-server-name stringtls-server-name for the cluster entry in kubeconfigParent 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--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--kubeconfig stringuse a particular kubeconfig file--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.--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--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 config - Modify kubeconfig filesThis 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.