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A single secret may package one or more key/value pairs.
When creating a secret based on a file, the key will default to the basename of
the file, and the value will default to the file content. If the basename is
an invalid key or you wish to chose your own, you may specify an alternate
key.
When creating a secret based on a directory, each file whose basename is a valid
key in the directory will be packaged into the secret. Any directory entries
except regular files are ignored (e.g. subdirectories, symlinks, devices,
pipes, etc).
--append-hash=false Append a hash of the secret to its name.
--dry-run="none" Must be "none", "server",
or "client". If client strategy, only print the object that would be
sent, without sending it. If server strategy, submit server-side request
without persisting the resource.
--field-manager="kubectl-create" Name of the manager used to
track field ownership.
--from-env-file="" Specify the path to a file to read lines of
key=val pairs to create a secret (i.e. a Docker .env file).
--from-file=[] Key files can be specified using their file path, in
which case a default name will be given to them, or optionally with a name and
file path, in which case the given name will be used. Specifying a directory
will iterate each named file in the directory that is a valid secret key.
--from-literal=[] Specify a key and literal value to insert in secret
(i.e. mykey=somevalue)
--generator="secret/v1" The name of the API generator to use.
-o, --output="" Output format. One of:
json|yaml|name|go-template|go-template-file|template|templatefile|jsonpath|jsonpath-as-json|jsonpath-file.
--save-config=false If true, the configuration of current object will be
saved in its annotation. Otherwise, the annotation will be unchanged. This
flag is useful when you want to perform kubectl apply on this object in the
future.
--template="" Template string or path to template file to use
when -o=go-template, -o=go-template-file. The template format is golang
templates [http://golang.org/pkg/text/template/#pkg-overview].
--type="" The type of secret to create
--validate=true If true, use a schema to validate the input before
sending it
--alsologtostderr=false log to standard error as well as files
--application-metrics-count-limit=100 Max number of application metrics
to store (per container)
--as="" Username to impersonate for the operation
--as-group=[] Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be
repeated to specify multiple groups.
--azure-container-registry-config="" Path to the file
containing Azure container registry configuration information.
--boot-id-file="/proc/sys/kernel/random/boot_id"
Comma-separated list of files to check for boot-id. Use the first one that
exists.
--cache-dir="/home/user/.kube/cache" Default cache directory
--certificate-authority="" Path to a cert file for the
certificate authority
--client-certificate="" Path to a client certificate file for
TLS
--client-key="" Path to a client key file for TLS
--cloud-provider-gce-l7lb-src-cidrs=130.211.0.0/22,35.191.0.0/16 CIDRs
opened in GCE firewall for L7 LB traffic proxy health checks
--cloud-provider-gce-lb-src-cidrs=130.211.0.0/22,209.85.152.0/22,209.85.204.0/22,35.191.0.0/16
CIDRs opened in GCE firewall for L4 LB traffic proxy health checks
--cluster="" The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
--container-hints="/etc/cadvisor/container_hints.json"
location of the container hints file
--containerd="/run/containerd/containerd.sock" containerd
endpoint
--containerd-namespace="k8s.io" containerd namespace
--context="" The name of the kubeconfig context to use
--default-not-ready-toleration-seconds=300 Indicates the
tolerationSeconds of the toleration for notReady:NoExecute that is added by
default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.
--default-unreachable-toleration-seconds=300 Indicates the
tolerationSeconds of the toleration for unreachable:NoExecute that is added by
default to every pod that does not already have such a toleration.
--disable-root-cgroup-stats=false Disable collecting root Cgroup stats
--docker="unix:///var/run/docker.sock" docker endpoint
--docker-env-metadata-whitelist="" a comma-separated list of
environment variable keys matched with specified prefix that needs to be
collected for docker containers
--docker-only=false Only report docker containers in addition to root
stats
--docker-root="/var/lib/docker" DEPRECATED: docker root is
read from docker info (this is a fallback, default: /var/lib/docker)
--docker-tls=false use TLS to connect to docker
--docker-tls-ca="ca.pem" path to trusted CA
--docker-tls-cert="cert.pem" path to client certificate
--docker-tls-key="key.pem" path to private key
--enable-load-reader=false Whether to enable cpu load reader
--event-storage-age-limit="default=0" Max length of time for
which to store events (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key
values, where the keys are event types (e.g.: creation, oom) or
"default" and the value is a duration. Default is applied to all
non-specified event types
--event-storage-event-limit="default=0" Max number of events
to store (per type). Value is a comma separated list of key values, where the
keys are event types (e.g.: creation, oom) or "default" and the
value is an integer. Default is applied to all non-specified event types
--global-housekeeping-interval=1m0s Interval between global
housekeepings
--housekeeping-interval=10s Interval between container housekeepings
--insecure-skip-tls-verify=false If true, the server's certificate will
not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure
--kubeconfig="" Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI
requests.
--log-backtrace-at=:0 when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
--log-cadvisor-usage=false Whether to log the usage of the cAdvisor
container
--log-dir="" If non-empty, write log files in this directory
--log-file="" If non-empty, use this log file
--log-file-max-size=1800 Defines the maximum size a log file can grow
to. Unit is megabytes. If the value is 0, the maximum file size is unlimited.
--log-flush-frequency=5s Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
--logtostderr=true log to standard error instead of files
--machine-id-file="/etc/machine-id,/var/lib/dbus/machine-id"
Comma-separated list of files to check for machine-id. Use the first one that
exists.
--match-server-version=false Require server version to match client
version
-n, --namespace="" If present, the namespace scope for
this CLI request
--one-output=false If true, only write logs to their native severity
level (vs also writing to each lower severity level
--password="" Password for basic authentication to the API
server
--profile="none" Name of profile to capture. One of
(none|cpu|heap|goroutine|threadcreate|block|mutex)
--profile-output="profile.pprof" Name of the file to write the
profile to
--referenced-reset-interval=0 Reset interval for referenced bytes
(container_referenced_bytes metric), number of measurement cycles after which
referenced bytes are cleared, if set to 0 referenced bytes are never cleared
(default: 0)
--request-timeout="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="" The address and port of the Kubernetes
API server
--skip-headers=false If true, avoid header prefixes in the log messages
--skip-log-headers=false If true, avoid headers when opening log files
--stderrthreshold=2 logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
--storage-driver-buffer-duration=1m0s Writes in the storage driver will
be buffered for this duration, and committed to the non memory backends as a
single transaction
--storage-driver-db="cadvisor" database name
--storage-driver-host="localhost:8086" database host:port
--storage-driver-password="root" database password
--storage-driver-secure=false use secure connection with database
--storage-driver-table="stats" table name
--storage-driver-user="root" database username
--tls-server-name="" Server name to use for server certificate
validation. If it is not provided, the hostname used to contact the server is
used
--token="" Bearer token for authentication to the API server
--update-machine-info-interval=5m0s Interval between machine info
updates.
--user="" The name of the kubeconfig user to use
--username="" Username for basic authentication to the API
server
-v, --v=0 number for the log level verbosity
--version=false Print version information and quit
--vmodule= comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered
logging
--warnings-as-errors=false Treat warnings received from the server as
errors and exit with a non-zero exit code
NAME
kubectl create secret generic - Create a secret from a local file, directory or literal valueSYNOPSIS
kubectl create secret generic [OPTIONS]DESCRIPTION
Create a secret based on a file, directory, or specified literal value.OPTIONS
--allow-missing-template-keys=true If true, ignore any errors in templates when a field or map key is missing in the template. Only applies to golang and jsonpath output formats.OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS
--add-dir-header=false If true, adds the file directory to the header of the log messagesEXAMPLE
# Create a new secret named my-secret with keys for each file in folder bar kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-file=path/to/bar # Create a new secret named my-secret with specified keys instead of names on disk kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-file=ssh-privatekey=path/to/id_rsa --from-file=ssh-publickey=path/to/id_rsa.pub # Create a new secret named my-secret with key1=supersecret and key2=topsecret kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-literal=key1=supersecret --from-literal=key2=topsecret # Create a new secret named my-secret using a combination of a file and a literal kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-file=ssh-privatekey=path/to/id_rsa --from-literal=passphrase=topsecret # Create a new secret named my-secret from an env file kubectl create secret generic my-secret --from-env-file=path/to/bar.env
SEE ALSO
kubectl-create-secret(1),HISTORY
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