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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 for the user entry in kubeconfig
      --client-key="": path to client-key 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
      --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