Code change:
It's causing problems and is kind-of GCE dependent anyway, we should just use the kubecfg binary, and document the environment variables it uses.
I think its beneficial to keep something, but remove the GCE dependent pieces, i.e. "external-ip" piece.
I put together some instructions here:
We can remove this when kubecfg is deprecated .
Reopened since it still needs to be removed. /cc
Doh. Didn't mean to declare this fixed in that PR.
Closing this (again) as it is a dupe of

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text: <del> ## kubectl The ```kubectl``` command provides command line access to the kubernetes API. See [kubectl documentation](kubectl.md) for details. ## kubecfg is deprecated.  Please use kubectl! ## kubecfg command line interface The `kubecfg` command line tools is used to interact with the Kubernetes HTTP API. * [ReplicationController Commands](#replication-controller-commands) * [RESTful Commands](#restful-commands) * [Complete Details](#details) * [Usage](#usage) * [Options](#options) ### Replication Controller Commands #### Run ``` kubecfg [options] run <image> <replicas> <controller-name> ``` Creates a Kubernetes ReplicaController object. * `[options]` are described in the [Options](#options) section. * `<image>` is the Docker image to use. * `<replicas>` is the number of replicas of the container to create. * `<controller-name>` is the name to assign to this new ReplicaController. ##### Example ``` kubecfg -p 8080:80 run dockerfile/nginx 2 myNginxController ``` #### Resize ``` kubecfg [options] resize <controller-name> <new-size> ``` Changes the desired number of replicas, causing replicas to be created or deleted. * `[options]` are described in the [Options](#options) section. ##### Example ``` kubecfg resize myNginxController 3 ``` #### Stop ``` kubecfg [options] stop <controller-name> ``` Stops a controller by setting its desired size to zero. Syntactic sugar on top of resize. * `[options]` are described in the [Options](#options) section. #### Remove ``` kubecfg [options] rm <controller-name> ``` Delete a replication controller. The desired size of the controller must be zero, by calling either `kubecfg resize <controller-name> 0` or `kubecfg stop <controller-name>`. * `[options]` are described in the [Options](#options) section. ### RESTful Commands Kubecfg also supports raw access to the basic restful requests. There are four different resources you can acccess: * `pods` * `replicationControllers` * `services` * `minions` ###### Common Flags * -yaml : output in YAML format * -json : output in JSON format * -c <config-file> : Accept a file in JSON or YAML for POST/PUT #### Commands ##### get Raw access to a RESTful GET request. ``` kubecfg [options] get pods/pod-abc-123 ``` ##### list Raw access to a RESTful LIST request. ``` kubecfg [options] list pods ``` ##### create Raw access to a RESTful POST request. ``` kubecfg <-c some/body.[json|yaml]> [options] create pods ``` ##### update Raw access to a RESTful PUT request. ``` kubecfg <-c some/body.[json|yaml]> [options] update pods/pod-abc-123 ``` ##### delete Raw access to a RESTful DELETE request. ``` kubecfg [options] delete pods/pod-abc-123 ``` ### Details #### Usage ``` kubecfg -h [-c config/file.json] [-p :,..., :] <method> Kubernetes REST API: kubecfg [OPTIONS] get|list|create|delete|update <minions|pods|replicationControllers|services>[/<id>] Manage replication controllers: kubecfg [OPTIONS] stop|rm|rollingupdate <controller> kubecfg [OPTIONS] run <image> <replicas> <controller> kubecfg [OPTIONS] resize <controller> <replicas> ``` #### Options * `-V=true|false`: Print the version number. * `-alsologtostderr=true|false`: log to standard error as well as files * `-auth="/path/to/.kubernetes_auth"`: Path to the auth info file. Only used if doing https. * `-c="/path/to/config_file"`: Path to the config file. * `-h=""`: The host to connect to. * `-json=true|false`: If true, print raw JSON for responses * `-l=""`: Selector (label query) to use for listing * `-log_backtrace_at=:0`: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace * `-log_dir=""`: If non-empty, write log files in this directory * `-log_flush_frequency=5s`: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes * `-logtostderr=true|false`: log to standard error instead of files * `-p=""`: The port spec, comma-separated list of `<external>:<internal>,...` * `-proxy=true|false`: If true, run a proxy to the API server * `-s=-1`: If positive, create and run a corresponding service on this port, only used with 'run' * `-stderrthreshold=0`: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr * `-template=""`: If present, parse this string as a golang template and use it for output printing * `-template_file=""`: If present, load this file as a golang template and use it for output printing * `-u=1m0s`: Update interval period * `-v=0`: log level for V logs. See [Logging Conventions](devel/logging.md) for details * `-verbose=true|false`: If true, print extra information * `-vmodule=""`: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging * `-www=""`: If -proxy is true, use this directory to serve static files * `-yaml=true|false`: If true, print raw YAML for responses </del>