# kubectl config set-credentials

kubectl config set-credentialsSynopsisSet 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.kubectl config set-credentials NAME [--client-certificate=path/to/certfile] [--client-key=path/to/keyfile] [--token=bearer_token] [--username=basic_user] [--password=basic_password] [--auth-provider=provider_name] [--auth-provider-arg=key=value] [--exec-command=exec_command] [--exec-api-version=exec_api_version] [--exec-arg=arg] [--exec-env=key=value] Examples # Set only the "client-key" field on the "cluster-admin" # entry, without touching other values kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --client-key=~/.kube/admin.key # Set basic auth for the "cluster-admin" entry kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --username=admin --password=uXFGweU9l35qcif # Embed client certificate data in the "cluster-admin" entry kubectl 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 kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --auth-provider=gcp # Enable the OpenID Connect auth provider for the "cluster-admin" entry with additional arguments kubectl 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 kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --auth-provider=oidc --auth-provider-arg=client-secret- # Enable new exec auth plugin for the "cluster-admin" entry kubectl 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 kubectl 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 kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-arg=arg1 --exec-arg=arg2 # Create or update exec auth plugin environment variables for the "cluster-admin" entry kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-env=key1=val1 --exec-env=key2=val2 # Remove exec auth plugin environment variables for the "cluster-admin" entry kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --exec-env=var-to-remove- Options--auth-provider stringAuth provider for the user entry in kubeconfig--auth-provider-arg strings'key=value' arguments for the auth provider--client-certificate stringPath to client-certificate file for the user entry in kubeconfig--client-key stringPath to client-key file for the user entry in kubeconfig--embed-certs tristate[=true]Embed client cert/key for the user entry in kubeconfig--exec-api-version stringAPI version of the exec credential plugin for the user entry in kubeconfig--exec-arg stringsNew arguments for the exec credential plugin command for the user entry in kubeconfig--exec-command stringCommand for the exec credential plugin for the user entry in kubeconfig--exec-env strings'key=value' environment values for the exec credential plugin--exec-interactive-mode stringInteractiveMode of the exec credentials plugin for the user entry in kubeconfig--exec-provide-cluster-info tristate[=true]ProvideClusterInfo of the exec credentials plugin for the user entry in kubeconfig-h, --helphelp for set-credentials--password stringpassword for the user entry in kubeconfig--token stringtoken for the user entry in kubeconfig--username stringusername for the user 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--certificate-authority stringPath to a cert file for the certificate authority--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 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--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--user stringThe name of the kubeconfig user to use--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.