# kubectl completion

kubectl completionSynopsisOutput shell completion code for the specified shell (bash, zsh, fish, or powershell). The shell code must be evaluated to provide interactive completion of kubectl commands. This can be done by sourcing it from the .bash_profile.Detailed instructions on how to do this are available here: for macOS: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl-macos/#enable-shell-autocompletion for linux: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl-linux/#enable-shell-autocompletion for windows: https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl-windows/#enable-shell-autocompletion Note for zsh users: [1] zsh completions are only supported in versions of zsh >= 5.2.kubectl completion SHELL Examples # Installing bash completion on macOS using homebrew ## If running Bash 3.2 included with macOS brew install bash-completion ## or, if running Bash 4.1+ brew install bash-completion@2 ## If kubectl is installed via homebrew, this should start working immediately ## If you've installed via other means, you may need add the completion to your completion directory kubectl completion bash > $(brew --prefix)/etc/bash_completion.d/kubectl # Installing bash completion on Linux ## If bash-completion is not installed on Linux, install the 'bash-completion' package ## via your distribution's package manager. ## Load the kubectl completion code for bash into the current shell source <(kubectl completion bash) ## Write bash completion code to a file and source it from .bash_profile kubectl completion bash > ~/.kube/completion.bash.inc printf " # kubectl shell completion source '$HOME/.kube/completion.bash.inc' " >> $HOME/.bash_profile source $HOME/.bash_profile # Load the kubectl completion code for zsh[1] into the current shell source <(kubectl completion zsh) # Set the kubectl completion code for zsh[1] to autoload on startup kubectl completion zsh > "${fpath[1]}/_kubectl" # Load the kubectl completion code for fish[2] into the current shell kubectl completion fish | source # To load completions for each session, execute once: kubectl completion fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/kubectl.fish # Load the kubectl completion code for powershell into the current shell kubectl completion powershell | Out-String | Invoke-Expression # Set kubectl completion code for powershell to run on startup ## Save completion code to a script and execute in the profile kubectl completion powershell > $HOME\.kube\completion.ps1 Add-Content $PROFILE "$HOME\.kube\completion.ps1" ## Execute completion code in the profile Add-Content $PROFILE "if (Get-Command kubectl -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) { kubectl completion powershell | Out-String | Invoke-Expression }" ## Add completion code directly to the $PROFILE script kubectl completion powershell >> $PROFILE Options-h, --helphelp for completionParent Options Inherited--as stringUsername to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.--as-group stringsGroup to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.--as-uid stringUID to impersonate for the operation.--cache-dir string Default: "$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 - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster managerThis 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.