bitnami/kubectl

Bitnami Secure Image for Kubectl

Kubectl is the Kubernetes command line interface. It allows to manage Kubernetes cluster by providing a wide set of commands that allows to communicate with the Kubernetes API in a friendly way.

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TL;DR

console
docker run --name kubectl REGISTRY_NAME/bitnami/kubectl:latest

Note: You need to substitute the REGISTRY_NAME placeholder with a reference to your container registry.

Supported tags and respective Dockerfile links

Learn more about the Bitnami tagging policy and the difference between rolling tags and immutable tags in our documentation page.

Get this image

The recommended way to get the Bitnami Kubectl Docker Image is to pull the prebuilt image from the https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/kubectl.

console
docker pull REGISTRY_NAME/bitnami/kubectl:latest

To use a specific version, you can pull a versioned tag. You can view the https://hub.docker.com/r/bitnami/kubectl/tags/ in the Docker Hub Registry.

console
docker pull REGISTRY_NAME/bitnami/kubectl:[TAG]

If you wish, you can also build the image yourself by cloning the repository, changing to the directory containing the Dockerfile and executing the docker build command. Remember to replace the APP, VERSION and OPERATING-SYSTEM path placeholders in the example command below with the correct values.

console
git clone https://github.com/bitnami/containers.git
cd bitnami/APP/VERSION/OPERATING-SYSTEM
docker build -t REGISTRY_NAME/bitnami/APP:latest .

Configuration

The following section describes how to run commands

Running commands

To run commands inside this container you can use docker run, for example to execute kubectl version you can follow the example below:

console
docker run --rm --name kubectl REGISTRY_NAME/bitnami/kubectl:latest version

Consult the Kubectl Reference Documentation to find the completed list of commands available.

Loading your own configuration

It's possible to load your own configuration, which is useful if you want to connect to a remote cluster:

console
docker run --rm --name kubectl -v /path/to/your/kube/config:/.kube/config REGISTRY_NAME/bitnami/kubectl:latest

FIPS configuration in Bitnami Secure Images

The Bitnami Kubectl Docker image from the Bitnami Secure Images catalog includes extra features and settings to configure the container with FIPS capabilities. You can configure the next environment variables:

• OPENSSL_FIPS: whether OpenSSL runs in FIPS mode or not. yes (default), no.
• GODEBUG: controls Go FIPS mode. Use fips140=only (restricted), fips140=on (relaxed), or fips140=off (disabled).

Notable Changes

Starting January 16, 2024

• The docker-compose.yaml file has been removed, as it was solely intended for internal testing purposes.

License

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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

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