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-1.1/docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl_apply.md).Documentation for other releases can be found at releases.k8s.io.
Apply a configuration to a resource by filename or stdin
Apply a configuration to a resource by filename or stdin. The resource will be created if it doesn't exist yet.
JSON and YAML formats are accepted.
kubectl apply -f FILENAME
# Apply the configuration in pod.json to a pod.
$ kubectl apply -f ./pod.json
# Apply the JSON passed into stdin to a pod.
$ cat pod.json | kubectl apply -f -
-f, --filename=[]: Filename, directory, or URL to file that contains the configuration to apply
-o, --output="": Output mode. Use "-o name" for shorter output (resource/name).
--schema-cache-dir="~/.kube/schema": If non-empty, load/store cached API schemas in this directory, default is '$HOME/.kube/schema'
--validate[=true]: If true, use a schema to validate the input before sending it
--alsologtostderr[=false]: log to standard error as well as files
--api-version="": The API version to use when talking to the server
--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.
--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="": 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-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.
--password="": Password for basic authentication to the API server.
-s, --server="": The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
--stderrthreshold=2: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
--token="": Bearer token for authentication to the API server.
--user="": The name of the kubeconfig user to use
--username="": Username for basic authentication to the API server.
--v=0: log level for V logs
--vmodule=: comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
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