If you are using a released version of Kubernetes, you should refer to the docs that go with that version.
The latest release of this document can be found [here](http://releases.k8s.io/release-1.2/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_config_set-credentials.md).Documentation for other releases can be found at releases.k8s.io.
Sets a user entry in kubeconfig
Sets a user entry in kubeconfig Specifying a name that already exists will merge new fields on top of existing values.
Client-certificate flags: --client-certificate=certfile --client-key=keyfile
Bearer token flags: --token=bearer_token
Basic auth flags: --username=basic_user --password=basic_password
Bearer token and basic auth are mutually exclusive.
kubectl config set-credentials NAME [--client-certificate=path/to/certfile] [--client-key=path/to/keyfile] [--token=bearer_token] [--username=basic_user] [--password=basic_password]
# Set only the "client-key" field on the "cluster-admin"
# entry, without touching other values:
kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --client-key=~/.kube/admin.key
# Set basic auth for the "cluster-admin" entry
kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --username=admin --password=uXFGweU9l35qcif
# Embed client certificate data in the "cluster-admin" entry
kubectl config set-credentials cluster-admin --client-certificate=~/.kube/admin.crt --embed-certs=true
--client-certificate="": path to client-certificate file for the user entry in kubeconfig
--client-key="": path to client-key file for the user entry in kubeconfig
--embed-certs[=false]: embed client cert/key for the user entry in kubeconfig
--password="": password for the user entry in kubeconfig
--token="": token for the user entry in kubeconfig
--username="": username for the user entry in kubeconfig
--alsologtostderr[=false]: log to standard error as well as files
--as="": Username to impersonate for the operation.
--certificate-authority="": Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.
--cluster="": The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
--context="": The name of the kubeconfig context to use
--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="": use a particular kubeconfig file
--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]: log to standard error instead of files
--match-server-version[=false]: Require server version to match client version
--namespace="": If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.
-s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
--user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use
--v=0: log level for V logs
--vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
- kubectl config - config modifies kubeconfig files