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kubectl proxy [--port=PORT] [--www=static-dir] [--www-prefix=prefix] [--api-prefix=prefix]

# Run a proxy to kubernetes apiserver on port 8011, serving static content from ./local/www/
kubectl proxy --port=8011 --www=./local/www/

# Run a proxy to kubernetes apiserver on an arbitrary local port.
# The chosen port for the server will be output to stdout.
kubectl proxy --port=0

# Run a proxy to kubernetes apiserver, changing the api prefix to k8s-api
# This makes e.g. the pods api available at localhost:8011/k8s-api/v1/pods/
kubectl proxy --api-prefix=/k8s-api

      --accept-hosts="^localhost$,^127\\.0\\.0\\.1$,^\\[::1\\]$": Regular expression for hosts that the proxy should accept.
      --accept-paths="^/.*": Regular expression for paths that the proxy should accept.
      --address="127.0.0.1": The IP address on which to serve on.
      --api-prefix="/": Prefix to serve the proxied API under.
      --disable-filter[=false]: If true, disable request filtering in the proxy. This is dangerous, and can leave you vulnerable to XSRF attacks, when used with an accessible port.
  -p, --port=8001: The port on which to run the proxy. Set to 0 to pick a random port.
      --reject-methods="POST,PUT,PATCH": Regular expression for HTTP methods that the proxy should reject.
      --reject-paths="^/api/.*/exec,^/api/.*/run,^/api/.*/attach": Regular expression for paths that the proxy should reject.
  -u, --unix-socket="": Unix socket on which to run the proxy.
  -w, --www="": Also serve static files from the given directory under the specified prefix.
  -P, --www-prefix="/static/": Prefix to serve static files under, if static file directory is specified.

      --alsologtostderr[=false]: log to standard error as well as files
      --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