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--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.

--annotations=[]

Annotations to apply to the pod.

--attach=false

If true, wait for the Pod to start running, and then attach to the Pod as if ’kubectl attach ...’ were called. Default false, unless ’-i/--stdin’ is set, in which case the default is true. With ’--restart=Never’ the exit code of the container process is returned.

--cascade="background"

Must be "background", "orphan", or "foreground". Selects the deletion cascading strategy for the dependents (e.g. Pods created by a ReplicationController). Defaults to background.

--command=false

If true and extra arguments are present, use them as the ’command’ field in the container, rather than the ’args’ field which is the default.

--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.

--env=[]

Environment variables to set in the container.

--expose=false

If true, service is created for the container(s) which are run

--field-manager="kubectl-run"

Name of the manager used to track field ownership.

-f, --filename=[]

to use to replace the resource.

--force=false

If true, immediately remove resources from API and bypass graceful deletion. Note that immediate deletion of some resources may result in inconsistency or data loss and requires confirmation.

--generator="run-pod/v1"

The name of the API generator to use, see http://kubernetes.io/docs/user-guide/kubectl-conventions/#generators for a list.

--grace-period=-1

Period of time in seconds given to the resource to terminate gracefully. Ignored if negative. Set to 1 for immediate shutdown. Can only be set to 0 when --force is true (force deletion).

--hostport=-1

The host port mapping for the container port. To demonstrate a single-machine container.

--image=""

The image for the container to run.

--image-pull-policy=""

The image pull policy for the container. If left empty, this value will not be specified by the client and defaulted by the server

-k, --kustomize=""

Process a kustomization directory. This flag can’t be used together with -f or -R.

-l, --labels=""

Comma separated labels to apply to the pod(s). Will override previous values.

--leave-stdin-open=false

If the pod is started in interactive mode or with stdin, leave stdin open after the first attach completes. By default, stdin will be closed after the first attach completes.

--limits=""

The resource requirement limits for this container. For example, ’cpu=200m,memory=512Mi’. Note that server side components may assign limits depending on the server configuration, such as limit ranges.

-o, --output=""

Output format. One of: json|yaml|name|go-template|go-template-file|template|templatefile|jsonpath|jsonpath-as-json|jsonpath-file.

--overrides=""

An inline JSON override for the generated object. If this is non-empty, it is used to override the generated object. Requires that the object supply a valid apiVersion field.

--pod-running-timeout=1m0s

The length of time (like 5s, 2m, or 3h, higher than zero) to wait until at least one pod is running

--port=""

The port that this container exposes.

--privileged=false

If true, run the container in privileged mode.

--quiet=false

If true, suppress prompt messages.

--record=false

Record current kubectl command in the resource annotation. If set to false, do not record the command. If set to true, record the command. If not set, default to updating the existing annotation value only if one already exists.

-R, --recursive=false

Process the directory used in -f, --filename recursively. Useful when you want to manage related manifests organized within the same directory.

-r, --replicas=1

Number of replicas to create for this container. Default is 1.

--requests=""

The resource requirement requests for this container. For example, ’cpu=100m,memory=256Mi’. Note that server side components may assign requests depending on the server configuration, such as limit ranges.

--restart="Always"

The restart policy for this Pod. Legal values [Always, OnFailure, Never].

--rm=false

If true, delete resources created in this command for attached containers.

--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.

--schedule=""

A schedule in the Cron format the job should be run with.

--service-generator="service/v2"

The name of the generator to use for creating a service. Only used if --expose is true

--service-overrides=""

An inline JSON override for the generated service object. If this is non-empty, it is used to override the generated object. Requires that the object supply a valid apiVersion field. Only used if --expose is true.

--serviceaccount=""

Service account to set in the pod spec.

-i, --stdin=false

Keep stdin open on the container(s) in the pod, even if nothing is attached.

--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].

--timeout=0s

The length of time to wait before giving up on a delete, zero means determine a timeout from the size of the object

-t, --tty=false

Allocated a TTY for each container in the pod.

--wait=false

If true, wait for resources to be gone before returning. This waits for finalizers.

--add-dir-header=false

If true, adds the file directory to the header of the log messages

--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