kubectl version [page]deterministic
Print the client and server version information
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Print the client and server version information for the current context.
``` kubectl version [flags] ```
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``` # Print the client and server versions for the current context kubectl version ```
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<tr> <td colspan="2">--client</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>If true, shows client version only (no server required).</p></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2">-h, --help</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>help for version</p></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2">-o, --output string</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>One of 'yaml' or 'json'.</p></td> </tr>
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<tr> <td colspan="2">--as string</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Username to impersonate for the operation. User could be a regular user or a service account in a namespace.</p></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2">--as-group strings</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Group to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple groups.</p></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2">--as-uid string</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>UID to impersonate for the operation.</p></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2">--as-user-extra strings</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>User extras to impersonate for the operation, this flag can be repeated to specify multiple values for the same key.</p></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2">--cache-dir string Default: "$HOME/.kube/cache"</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Default cache directory</p></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2">--certificate-authority string</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Path to a cert file for the certificate authority</p></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2">--client-certificate string</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Path to a client certificate file for TLS</p></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2">--client-key string</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Path to a client key file for TLS</p></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2">--cluster string</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use</p></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2">--context string</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>The name of the kubeconfig context to use</p></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2">--disable-compression</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>If true, opt-out of response compression for all requests to the server</p></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2">--insecure-skip-tls-verify</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure</p></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2">--kubeconfig string</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.</p></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2">--kuberc string</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td><td style="line-height: 130%; word-wrap: break-word;"><p>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=of …(trimmed)