kubectl api-resources

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kubectl api-resources

Print the supported API resources on the server

Synopsis

Print the supported API resources on the server.

kubectl api-resources [flags]

Examples

  # Print the supported API resources
  kubectl api-resources
  
  # Print the supported API resources with more information
  kubectl api-resources -o wide
  
  # Print the supported API resources sorted by a column
  kubectl api-resources --sort-by=name
  
  # Print the supported namespaced resources
  kubectl api-resources --namespaced=true
  
  # Print the supported non-namespaced resources
  kubectl api-resources --namespaced=false
  
  # Print the supported API resources with a specific APIGroup
  kubectl api-resources --api-group=rbac.authorization.k8s.io

Options

--api-group string

Limit to resources in the specified API group.

--cached

Use the cached list of resources if available.

--categories strings

Limit to resources that belong to the specified categories.

-h, --help

help for api-resources

--namespaced     Default: true

If false, non-namespaced resources will be returned, otherwise returning namespaced resources by default.

--no-headers

When using the default or custom-column output format, don't print headers (default print headers).

-o, --output string

Output format. One of: (json, yaml, kyaml, name, wide).

--show-managed-fields

If true, keep the managedFields when printing objects in JSON or YAML format.

--sort-by string

If non-empty, sort list of resources using specified field. The field can be either 'name' or 'kind'.

--verbs strings

Limit to resources that support the specified verbs.

Parent Options Inherited

--as string

Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.

--as-group strings

Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.

--as-uid string

UID to impersonate for the operation.

--as-user-extra strings

User extras to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple values for the same key.

--cache-dir string     Default: "$HOME/.kube/cache"

Default cache directory

--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

--disable-compression

If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server

--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.

--kuberc string

Path 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-version

Require server version to match client version

-n, --namespace string

If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request

--password string

Password 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|trace)

--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 string

The address and port of the Kubernetes API server

--storage-driver-buffer-duration duration     Default: 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 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-secure

use secure connection with database

--storage-driver-table string     Default: "stats"

table name

--storage-driver-user string     Default: "root"

database username

--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

--username string

Username 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-errors

Treat warnings received from the server as errors and exit with a non-zero exit code

See Also

  • kubectl - kubectl controls the Kubernetes cluster manager

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