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Kubernetes CLI Options

Kubernetes CLI Runtime options​

The Inspektor Gadget kubectl plugin uses the kubernetes cli-runtime helpers. This adds support for many CLI options that are common to many Kubernetes tools, which let us specify how to connect to the cluster, which kubeconfig to use, and so on.

  --as string                      Username to impersonate for the operation
--as-group stringArray Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.
--cache-dir string Default cache directory (default "/home/marga/.kube/cache")
--certificate-authority string Path to a cert file for the certificate authority
--client-certificate string Path to a client certificate file for TLS
--client-key string Path to a client key file for TLS
--cluster string The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
--context string The name of the kubeconfig context to use
--insecure-skip-tls-verify If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
--kubeconfig string Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
--request-timeout string 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. (default "0")
, --server string The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--tls-server-name string Server name to use for server certificate validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is used
--token string Bearer token for authentication to the API server
--user string The name of the kubeconfig user to use

If none of these options are specified, Inspektor Gadget will connect to the cluster configured in the default kubeconfig location, with the default connection options.